Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979.

The markings which are shown in the diagrams in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations are designated as approval marks. These designations result from the amendments mentioned in column (5) in that schedule to the relevant ECE Regulations mentioned in column (5) of Schedule 2 to the 1979 Regulations (see Regulation 3 and the Schedule).

A new item numbered 23A has been added to Schedule 4 to the 1979 Regulations as regards safety belts in consequence of Commission Directive 82/319/EEC (see Regulation 4) and a minor consequential amendment is made to Schedule 5 to the 1979 Regulations (see Regulation 5).

Copies of the ECE Regulations and the Commission Directive may be obtained from Her Majesty's Stationery Office.