# Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, Regulation 69: Noise limits — construction requirements relating to motor cycles


(1) Subject to regulation 72, this regulation applies to every motor vehicle first used on or after lst April 1983 which is—
(a) a moped; or
(b) a two-wheeled motor cycle, whether or not with sidecar attached, which is not a moped.
(2) A vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be so constructed that it meets—
(a) if it is first used before 1st April 1991, the requirements of item 1 or 2 of the Table in Part I of Schedule 9;
(b) if it is first used on or after that date, the requirements of item 2 of that Table.
(3) Instead of complying with paragraph (2), a vehicle first used before 1st April 1991 may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 78/1015, 87/56 or 89/235.
(4) Instead of complying with paragraph (2) a vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1991 may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 87/56 or 89/235.
(5) In this regulation “moped” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 7 of Schedule 12.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/regulation/69 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-69
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