Regulation 5 Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

for paragraph (2A), substitute—

“(2A)

This regulation also applies to a wheeled goods vehicle, whether of a description falling within paragraph (2) or not, which is—

(a)

a semi-trailer some or all of the wheels of which are driven by the drawing vehicle; or

(b)

a vehicle first used on or after 1 April 2025 and which is of a type required to be fitted with lateral protection in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles^f1.”;

in paragraph (5)(l), after “2 kilonewtons” insert “(or 1 kilonewton in the case of a vehicle described in paragraph (2A)(b))”.