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Regulation 7A Amendment of the Road Vehicles Approval Regulations 2020F1I1

(1)

The Road Vehicle Approval Regulations 2020 are amended as follows.

(2)

After regulation 1, insert—

“Application

1A.

The following provisions of these Regulations do not apply in England and Wales or Scotland—

(a)

in regulation 16, paragraphs (4) and (5);

(b)

in regulation 17, paragraphs (4) to (6);

(c)

in regulation 18, paragraphs (8)(b) and (9).”.

(3)

In regulation 8(1), for sub-paragraph (b) (but not the “and” at the end of that sub-paragraph) substitute—

“(b)

the remedies available to the party concerned—

(i)

where the application is made in respect of Great Britain, under the laws in force in Great Britain;

(ii)

where the application is made in respect of Northern Ireland, under the laws in force in Northern Ireland,”.

(4)

In regulation 14(1)(a), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain or, as the case may be, Northern Ireland”.

(5)

In regulation 16, in paragraphs (4) and (5), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(6)

In regulation 17—

(a)

in the heading, omit “other”;

(b)

in paragraph (1), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(c)

in paragraphs (4) and (6), for “the United Kingdom”, in each place it occurs, substitute “Northern Ireland”.

(7)

In regulation 18—

(a)

in paragraph (4)(a), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(b)

in paragraphs (8)(b) and (9) for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Northern Ireland”;

(c)

in paragraph (16), in the definition of “non-UK approval”—

(i)

in paragraphs (a) and (c), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(ii)

in paragraph (b), for “or the United” substitute “or any part of the United”.

(8)

In regulation 20, in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

the certificate must carry the heading “National Small Series Certificate of Conformity (Great Britain)” or, as the case may be, “National Small Series Certificate of Conformity (Northern Ireland)”,”.

(9)

In regulation 21—

(a)

in paragraph (5), in sub-paragraph (a), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(b)

in paragraph (9), in the definition of “EU certificate of conformity”, in sub-paragraph (c), the words before paragraph (i), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(10)

In Schedule 1, in paragraph 1—

(a)

in the definition of “approval”, in paragraph (a), for “other” substitute “a”;

(b)

in the definition of “certificate of conformity” for “other” substitute “a”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 7A inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1393), regs. 1(2), 2(6)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 7A in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(b)(ii)