# The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1984, Note: Explanatory note


These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982 as follows:—
(a) the scope of the Regulations is refined (Regulation 3(a));
(b) the exemptions from the Regulations are amended in relation to vehicles of a new or improved type, or fitted with equipment of a new or improved type (Regulation 3(b)) and in relation to vehicles being used on a road by virtue of Article 15, 17 or 18 of the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1198) (Regulation 3(c));
(c) a minor printing error is corrected (Regulation 4);
(d) provisions are made for the cancellation of a certificate (as well as for the suspension of or amendment to one) (Regulation 5);
(e) the type approval requirements are amended so as to add provisions about sound levels and exhaust emissions and to provide a cessation date for certain standards which are being superseded (Regulation 6 and the Schedule).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/697/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-for-goods-vehicles-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1984/note
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