Regulation 9 Amendments to regulation 27 (condition and maintenance of tyres)

Regulation 27 shall be amended as follows.

In paragraph (4) after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be added the following–

“(d)

With effect from 1st January 1992, paragraph 1(f) and (g) shall not apply to the vehicles specified in sub-paragraph (e) of this paragraph but such vehicles shall comply with the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (f) of this paragraph.

(e)

The vehicles mentioned in sub-paragraph (d) are–

(i)

passenger vehicles other than motor cycles constructed or adapted to carry no more than 8 seated passengers in addition to the driver;

(ii)

goods vehicles with a maximum gross weight which do not exceed 3500 kg; and

(iii)

light trailers not falling within sub-paragraph (ii);

first used on or after 3rd January 1933.

(f)

The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (d) are that the grooves of the tread pattern of every tyre fitted to the wheels of a vehicle mentioned in sub-paragraph (e) shall be of a depth of at least 1.6 mm throughout a continuous band situated in the central three-quarters of the breadth of tread and round the entire outer circumference of the tyre.”.

In paragraph (6)(b) for “paragraph (1)(g)(i)” there shall be substituted “this regulation”.

In paragraph 6 after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph–

“(c)

A reference in this regulation to first use shall, in relation to a trailer, be construed as a reference to the date which is 6 months after the date of manufacture of the trailer.”.