# The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1984, Note: Explanatory note


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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1401/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1984/note
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