Regulation 17 Recognition in Northern Ireland of national type approvals of small series granted in ...member StatesF9F10I1

A manufacturer may, pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4 of Article 43 of the F1EU Type Approval Regulation (national type approval of small series), apply to the approval authority for recognition F2in Northern Ireland of a F3national small series type approval granted to that manufacturer under the law of a member State F4... (a “non-UK type approval”).

An application may not be made under paragraph (1) if an application in respect of the same type of vehicle has been made under regulation 15 and not withdrawn (and may not be proceeded with if an application under that regulation is made later).

Not later than two months after receiving from the competent authority in that member State the type approval certificate and its attachments (including a statement of the technical provisions against which the vehicle type was approved), the approval authority must decide whether or not to accept the non-UK type approval.

The type approval must be accepted unless the approval authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the technical provisions under which the approval was granted are not equivalent to those applying in F5Northern Ireland.

If the approval is accepted, the approval authority must, as soon as practicable—

For the purposes of this regulation, the approval authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the technical provisions under which the approval was granted are not equivalent to those applying in F8Northern Ireland if (but not only if) the authority is not satisfied that—