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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorcycles-sound-level-measurement-certificates-amendment-no2-regulations-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1591",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorcycles (Sound Level Measurement Certificates) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorcycles-sound-level-measurement-certificates-amendment-no2-regulations-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThe Motorcycles (Sound Level Measurement Certificates) Regulations 1980 (“the 1980 Regulations”), as amended, made provision as required under Council Directive 78/1015/EEC (on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on the permissible sound level and the exhaust systems of motorcycles) as amended by Council Directive 87/56/EEC for the issue of a sound level measurement certificate stating that a type of motorcycle complies with the harmonised requirements specified in Council Directive 78/1015/EEC amended as above.\nThese Regulations further amend the 1980 Regulations as a consequence of Council Directive 89/235/EEC which further amended Council Directive 78/1015/EEC.\nCopies of the EEC Directive can be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. The details of the Directives are set out below.\nInstrument\nReference\nCouncil Directive 78/1015/EEC of 23rd November 1978\nO.J. No. L349, 13.12.78, p.21.\nCouncil Directive 87/56/EEC of 18th December 1986\nO.J. No. L24, 27.1.87, p.42.\nCouncil Directive 89/235/EEC of 13th March 1989\nO.J. No. L98, 11.4.89, p.1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1591/note",
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  "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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