# The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984. Regulations 4 and 5 revise the type approval requirements for noise and silencers in regulation 4 and items 14B, 14C and 14D in Schedule 1 and add a new item 14E to that Schedule so that—
(i) all vehicles for which, or for a model of which, there is no type approval or Minister’s approval certificate in force on 30th September 1988 must meet the standards contained in Council Directive 84/424/EEC with the exception of certain vehicles having 5 or more forward gears, and
(ii) all vehicles for which, or for a model of which, there is a type approval or Minister’s approval certificate in force on 30th September 1988 must meet the above standard on 1st October 1989, save that a derogation is included in item 14E for certain vehicles having 5 or more forward gears.
Regulation 6 provides for the cessation of the application of certain of the prescribed requirements specified in items 13B, 13C and 13D in Schedule 1 relating to brakes, with the result that after 30th September 1989 requirements prescribed will be those set out in either Council Directive 71/320/EEC as amended by Commission Directives 75/524/EEC, 79/489/EEC and 85/647/EEC or ECE Regulation 13 (05 series of amendments).
Regulation 7 makes amendments to the type approval requirements in Schedule 1 relating to headlamps, lights and reflectors; doors, latches and hinges; brakes; seats, seat belts and their anchorages; anti-theft devices; interior fittings; emissions; external projections; and safety glass. Regulation 8 amends the references to the Construction and Use Regulations, to refer to the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.
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/1987/1509/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1987/note
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