Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984 by revising the type approval requirements relating to noise and silencers with the effect that:—

(a) from 1st October 1985, vehicles for which, or for a model of which, there is no type approval or Minister's approval certificate in force on that date must comply with the provisions of either Council Directive 70/157/EEC as amended by Commission Directive 73/350/EEC, Council Directive 77/212/EEC and Commission Directive 81/334/EEC or with the provisions of those Directives as most recently amended by Commission Directive 84/372/EEC;

(b) vehicles for which, or for a model of which, there is a type approval or Minister's approval certificate in force on 1st October 1985 may comply with the provisions of Council Directive 70/157/EEC as amended by Commission Directive 73/350/EEC and Council Directive 77/212/EEC, or with the provisions of those Directives as further amended by Commission Directive 81/334/EEC, or with the provisions of those Directives as most recently amended by Commission Directive 84/372/EEC; and

(c) in item 14C, in column (3)(c), in relation to Council Directive 70/157/EEC as amended by Commission Directive 81/334/EEC, a derogation is added in respect of certain vehicles having 5 or more forward gears.

Copies of the EEC Directives referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from Her Majesty's Stationery Office.