# The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984.
They revise the type approval requirements so as to:
(a) provide, in relation to seat-belts, a new alternative prescribed requirement as a result of a revision made on the 15th June 1988, and subsequent corrections and amendments, to ECE Regulation 16;
(b) provide, in relation to seat-belt anchorages, a new alternative prescribed requirement as a result of an amendment made on the 29th of January 1992 to ECE Regulation 14;
(c) provide, in relation to glass in windscreens and other windows, a new alternative prescribed requirement as a result of Council Directive 92/22/EEC; and
(d) provide, in relation to tyres, a new alternative prescribed requirement as a result of Council Directive 92/23/EEC.
Regulation 4 of the 1984 Regulations is amended so as to make it clear that type approval requirements apply to vehicles until they are registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971.
Regulation 4 of the 1984 Regulations is also amended so that the type approval requirements for a vehicle are generally those which applied to it when it was manufactured. However, as from the 31st of December 1992, the type approval requirements relating to exhaust emissions then in force shall apply to a vehicle regardless of the date of manufacture. In all cases a vehicle has the option of meeting a later requirement.
The opportunity has been taken to make it clear that the type approval requirements prescribed by the 1984 Regulations are to be treated as being prescribed under both section 54 and 63 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
The amendment to ECE Regulation 14 will in due course be obtainable from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. In the meantime copies can be obtained from the Department of Transport. Any person desiring to have a copy should write to the Department of Transport, Room C19/04, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB. Otherwise, copies of the ECE Regulations and EEC Directives referred to in these Regulations can be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2161/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-great-britain-amendment-no-2-regulations-1992/note
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