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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1984/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1984/1401",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1984",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "1 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:—\n(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;\n(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\n(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.\n2 Copies of the EEC Directives referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from Her Majesty's Stationery Office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1401/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:32:58.801138+00:00"
  },
  "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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