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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-for-goods-vehicles-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-for-goods-vehicles-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1991/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1021",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-for-goods-vehicles-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982.\nThey amend the disapplication of the Regulations to motor vehicles or parts of motor vehicles the unladen weight of which does not exceed 1525 kilograms which are of a new or improved type provided certain conditions are complied with. The disapplication is amended so that there is no weight ceiling. The conditions are amended as follows.\n(1) The exemption applies when a manufacturer has applied for a type approval certificate or a Minister’s approval certificate.\n(2) The manufacturer must have made an appointment for a final examination of the vehicle which is the subject of the application for a certificate.\n(3) The vehicle for which exemption is sought must conform with the vehicle which is the subject of the application in the relevant aspects of design, construction, equipment and marking mentioned in the information document accompanying the application.\n(4) The conditions relating to ownership, sale, supply and use have been amended in minor respects.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1021/note",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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