Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986. The main effect of the amendments is as follows.

Paragraph (7) of regulation 25 of the 1986 Regulations sets out requirements in relation to tyres (other than retreaded tyres) fitted to certain vehicles. The regulation is amended so that a tyre meets the requirements of that paragraph if it bears an approval mark under Council Directive 92/23/EEC.

Regulation 31 of the 1986 Regulations requires glass fitted to certain windows of certain vehicles to be so constructed or treated that if fractured it does not fly into fragments likely to cause severe cuts. The regulation is amended so that in effect glass bearing an approval mark under Council Directive 92/22/EEC is to be regarded as meeting that requirement.

Regulation 32 of the 1986 Regulations sets out requirements in relation to the windows of certain vehicles. The regulation is amended so that a windscreen bearing an approval mark relating to windscreens under Council Directive 92/22/EEC is exempt from those requirements. A similar amendment is made in relation to windows other than windscreens.

Regulation 33 sets out requirements relating to the fitting of mirrors to vehicles. The amendments introduce alternatives to these requirements by reference to the provisions of Council Directive 71/127/EEC as last amended by Commission Directive 88/321/EEC and ECE Regulation 46 as amended on 30th May 1988.

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