{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-approval-regulations-2020/schedule-2/part-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-approval-regulations-2020/schedule-2/part-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/818",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-approval-regulations-2020",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n“approval”, “certificate of conformity” and “test report” have the meanings respectively given in Part 1 of Schedule 1;\n“effective date” means—\n(a)in the case of an amateur built vehicle, a vehicle manufactured using parts from a registered vehicle or a rebuilt vehicle (as respectively defined below), the 1st January immediately preceding the date of manufacture of the engine by which the vehicle is propelled, if that date is earlier;\n(b)in any other case, the date of manufacture of the vehicle;\n“multi-purpose vehicle” means a vehicle intended for the carriage of both passengers and their luggage or goods and falling within category M1 or N (subject however to paragraph 10);\n“Part 2 vehicle” means a relevant vehicle of a class which falls within category M1 or N1 and is—\n(a)a personally imported vehicle within the meaning of paragraph 5,\n(b)an amateur built vehicle within the meaning of paragraph 6,\n(c)a vehicle manufactured in very low volume within the meaning of paragraph 7,\n(d)a vehicle manufactured using parts from a registered vehicle within the meaning of paragraph 8,\n(e)a rebuilt vehicle within the meaning of paragraph 9,\n(f)a left hand drive vehicle,\n(g)a motor caravan,\n(h)an armoured vehicle,\n(i)an ambulance, or\n(j)a hearse;\n“Part 3 vehicle” means a relevant vehicle of a class which falls within category M1 or N1 but is not a Part 2 vehicle.\n(2) A reference in a table in this Schedule to any numbered item is, except where otherwise provided, a reference to the item so numbered in that table.\n(3) A reference in column 1 of a table in this Schedule to any Directive, Regulation (other than a UNECE Regulation) or Decision is a reference to the version of that Directive, Regulation or Decision—\n(a) as at the date of any specified last amendment, or\n(b) where it has been revoked and no last amendment is specified, immediately before that revocation,\nas that Directive, Regulation or Decision has effect in EU law.\n(4) A reference in column 2 or 3 of a table in this Schedule to any Directive, Regulation or Decision is a reference to the version of that Directive, Regulation or Decision mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 1 of the table concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(3) 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), 19(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 4 in force at 1.9.2020, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/818/schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}