{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1509",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments relating to noise and silencers",
  "text": "In regulation 4 (type approval requirements—application), the following new paragraphs shall be added at the end—\n“(8) Subject to paragraph (9), where, in relation to item 14B, 14C or 14D in Schedule 1, a date is specified in column (6) of that Schedule (being a date of cessation of application of type approval requirements), that date shall not apply to any vehicle for which, or for a model of which, there is a type approval certificate or (as the case may be) a Minister’s approval certificate in force at the time but, in relation to any such vehicle, column (6) shall be read and shall have effect as if there appeared in that column a date one year later than the date specified therein.\n(9) In relation to any vehicle—\n(a) which has 5 or more forward gears and a maximum power to maximum gross weight ratio of not less than 75 kilowatts per tonne; and\n(b) for which, or for a model of which, there is a type approval certificate or (as the case may be) a Minister’s approval certificate in force on 30th September 1988,\nnotwithstanding the specification in item 14B or 14C in column (6) of Schedule 1 of any date, that column shall be read and have effect as if no date appeared therein.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1509/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:21:03.326087+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."
}