{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-approval-regulations-2020/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-approval-regulations-2020/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/818",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-approval-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“large trailer” means a trailer constructed or adapted for the carriage of goods—\n(a)which is—\n(i)a semi-trailer of any weight, or\n(ii)a trailer other than a semi-trailer or converter dolly the unladen weight of which exceeds 1020kg, and\n(b)which is not a vehicle of a description listed in—\n(i)Schedule 2 to the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 , or\n(ii)Schedule 2 to the Goods Vehicle (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 ;\n“pertinent information” means—\n(a)the principal information, or\n(b)when the alternative conditions apply, the alternative information.\n“principal information” is—\n(a)the name and address and (if any) the company registration number of the manufacturer;\n(b)the manufacturer's designation (make and model) of the trailer;\n(c)the month and year when manufacture of the vehicle was completed;\n(d)the vehicle identification (VIN) number;\n(e)the number of—\n(i)the type approval, or\n(ii)the individual approval certificate;\n(f)in the case of a large trailer, the date of any certificate of conformity issued in respect of the vehicle;\n(g)in the case of a small trailer—\n(i)a copy of any certificate of conformity issued in respect of the vehicle,\n(ii)the date of supply, and\n(iii)the name and address of the purchaser;\n(h) whether the trailer is to be kept, or normally kept, at a place in Great Britain, in Northern Ireland, or in either jurisdiction;\n“small trailer” means a trailer which is not a large trailer.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation—\n“alternative conditions” are the conditions applied by virtue of Schedule 3;\n“alternative information” is the information specified in Schedule 3;\n“converter dolly” means a trailer which—\n(a)is equipped with two or more wheels,\n(b)is designed to be used in combination with a semi-trailer without any part of the weight of the semi-trailer being borne by the drawing vehicle, and\n(c)is not in itself part of the semi-trailer or the drawing vehicle when being so used;\n“semi-trailer” means a trailer which is constructed or adapted to form part of an articulated vehicle.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26(1) inserted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 15(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1478. Schedule 2 was amended by S.I. 1991/252, 1995/1456, 2001/307, 2002/487, 2003/1816, 2005/2343, 2011/3058 and 2017/849."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.R. 2003 No. 304. Schedule 2 was amended by S.R. 2013 No. 218 and 2018 No. 86."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in force at 1.9.2020, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/818/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:27:15.937710+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."
}