Explanatory note

These regulations further amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.

They amend regulation 53A of the 1986 Regulations so that it will apply only to vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1993, instead of 1st April 1990. Regulation 53A was inserted by S.I. 1987/1133 and makes provision as to the strength of the superstructure of certain single decked coaches.

They amend the Table in regulation 83(1) of the 1986 regulations so that a trailer can be towed behind a bus (not being an articulated bus or minibus), without being subject to the former requirements that the trailer length did not exceed 5m and that the overall length of the combination did not exceed 15m. The overall length requirement of regulation 7 of the 1986 Regulations will continue to apply so as to limit the overall length of the combination to 18m. A drafting correction is made in item 6 of the Table.

They amend Schedule 7 which specifies the type of fire extinguisher which has to be carried in a minibus first used on or after 1st April 1988.

Copies of the British Standard specifications mentioned in the Regulations may be obtained from any of the sales outlets operated by the British Standards Institution or by post from the British Standards Institution at Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE. (Telephone number: Milton Keynes (STD 0908) 221166.)