Introductory text

Road Traffic

Made 21st December 2011

Laid before Parliament 23rd December 2011

Coming into force 14th January 2012

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1), (2) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988^f1 and by section 2(2)(b) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2.

The Secretary of State for Transport is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 Act^f3 for the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme.

Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

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Footnotes

f1: 1988 c.52; section 41(2) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991c.40 section 48 and Schedule 4, paragraph 50.
f2: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 c.51, section 27(1), and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 c.7, section 3(3) and Part I of the Schedule.
f3: S.I.1972/1811, amended by S.I. 1996/266 and S.I. 2000/2812.