# The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1992, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1 These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982.
2 Regulation 3(2) (q) and (r) of the 1982 Regulations exempted certain vehicles from the application of those Regulations if they had an unladen weight of less than 1525 kilograms. These Regulations amend those provisions so that exemption no longer depends on a vehicle’s unladen weight but on whether it has a maximum gross weight of less than 3500 kilogrammes. “Maximum gross weight” is defined in regulation 2(1) of the 1982 Regulations.
3 Regulation 4 adds a new type approval requirement for goods vehicles with a maximum gross weight of 7.5 tonnes or more. In order to comply with the requirements a vehicle either has to have a maximum speed of less than 60 mph or be fitted with a speed limiter which satisfies certain conditions.
4 These Regulations refer to regulation 36B of the Construction and Use Regulations. “Construction and Use Regulations” is defined in the 1982 Regulations as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1078). Regula tion 36B of the 1986 Regulations was inserted by S.I. 1991/1527.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/25/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-for-goods-vehicles-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1992/note
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