The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1992

Regulation 61 shall be amended as follows.

In paragraph (4)(b)(ii), after the words “31st December 1992” there shall be inserted the words “, or in a case where the vehicle is a vehicle to which Part III of Schedule 1B of the Type Approval (Great Britain) Regulations^f1 applies,”.

In paragraph (7), before “(8)” there shall be inserted “(7A),”.

After paragraph (7), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(7A)

In relation to a vehicle to which Part III of Schedule 1B of the Type Approval (Great Britain) Regulations applies, item 8 of Table II shall have effect as if for the entry in column (3) there were substituted “31st December 1993”.”

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

S.I. 1992/2137 amended the 1986 Regulations by requiring certain classes of vehicle first used on or after 31st December 1992 to meet the exhaust emission requirements set by the Council Directive 91/441/EEC.

S.I. 1992/1341 amended the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/981) by imposing similar requirements as compulsory type approval requirements applicable to vehicles of the relevant classes as from 31st December 1992.

The 1984 Regulations were further amended by S.I. 1992/2908 so as to exempt a limited class of vehicles from compulsory compliance with the new type approval requirements until 30th December 1993.

The effect of the amendments made by these Regulations is that vehicles which are exempt from the new compulsory type approval requirements until 30th December 1993 are also exempt from the equivalent requirements in the 1986 Regulations provided that they are first used on or before that date.

Copies of the EEC Directives which are relevant to these Regulations can be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. The details are set out below: