# The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1991, Regulation 4: Amendments to regulation 3 (application)


(1) Regulation 3 shall be amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2)(h) there shall be substituted—
“(h) a motor vehicle which is of a new or improved type provided that theconditions specified in paragraph (3) are satisfied;”.
(3) After paragraph (2) there shall be added—
“(3) The conditions referred to in paragraph (2)(h) are that—
(a) the manufacturer of the vehicle has made an application—
(i) in respect of a type vehicle in accordance with regulation 5 for atype approval certificate, or
(ii) in respect of another vehicle (“the intitial vehicle”) in accordance with regulation 6 for a Minister’s approvalcertificate;
(b) an appointment has been made for a final examination of the typevehicle or the initial vehicle (as the case may be);
(c) the vehicle conforms with the type vehicle or the initial vehicle(as the case may be) in such of the relevant aspects of design,construction, equipment and marking as are mentioned in the informationdocument accompanying the application pursuant to regulation 5 or 6;
(d) the vehicle complies with the relevant type approval requirementsspecified in Schedule 1;
(e) the Secretary of State has been notified of the vehicleidentification number;
(f) the vehicle—
(i) was at the date of manufacture owned by the manufacturer of thevehicle and has remained in his ownership,
(ii) has not been offered for sale by him,
(iii) has not been let or offered for letting under a hire agreement or ahire-purchase agreement, and
(iv) has not been used on a road for any purpose other than for, or inconnection with, publicity, demonstration or evaluation of vehicles ofthe new or improved type; and
(g) the manufacturer of the vehicle intends that until pusuant to theapplication mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) there has been issued a typeapproval certificate or a Minister’s approval certificate (as the casemay be), the vehicle—
(i) shall remain in his ownership,
(ii) shall not be offered for sale by him,
(iii) shall not be let or offered for letting under a hire agreement or ahire-purchase agreement, and
(iv) shall not be used on a road for any purpose other than for, or inconnection with, publicity, demonstration or evaluation of vehicles ofthe new or improved type.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1022/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-great-britain-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-4
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