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The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

S.I. 2003/582 · Made 9 March 2003 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 9th March 2003

Laid before Parliament 10th March 2003

Coming into force 31st March 2003

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54 and 61 of the Road Traffic Act 1988f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 52; section 61 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 8.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st March 2003.

2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982I1

In the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982f1, in regulation 4 (application of type approval requirements) after paragraph (14) there shall be inserted—

“(15)

A vehicle or vehicle part shall be regarded as complying with the type approval requirements prescribed by paragraph (1)(b) if in relation to each applicable subject matter mentioned in Part I of Schedule 1 there is produced to the Secretary of State evidence which satisfies him that the vehicle or part, as appropriate, has been found by a competent authority in another EEA State to comply with requirements applicable to the vehicle or part, as appropriate, which are equivalent to those prescribed in relation to the subject matter.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

9th March 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982 so as to provide that if a vehicle or vehicle part has been found by a competent authority in another EEA State to comply with requirements equivalent to the type approval requirements prescribed by the principal Regulations it is to be regarded as complying with those prescribed requirements.