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1

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

2

Regulation 57A requires original (as opposed to replacement) silencers fitted to motor bicycles (and certain light three wheeled vehicles) first used on or after the 1st February 1996 to comply with Council Directive 78/1015/EEC, as amended by the Council Directive 87/156/EEC and Council Directive 89/235/EEC subject to some modifications set out in the regulation. An effect of this requirement is that an original silencer fitted to any such vehicle would have to meet the technical requirements of the amended Directive (subject to some modifications) and bear a mark indicating that the silencer is of a type that has been officially approved under the amended Directive.

3

Regulation 57A is amended so that an original silencer fitted to a vehicle with a design speed not exceeding 50 km/h will not have to bear such an approval mark. The requirement to meet the technical requirements of the amended Directive (subject to some modifications) will not be affected.

4

The amendments do not affect the requirements of regulation 57A relating to replacement silencers or to original silencers fitted to vehicles with a design speed exceeding 50 km/h.

5

Copies of the EEC Directives can be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. The details of the Directives are set out below.

Principal InstrumentAmending Instruments
Council Directive 78/1015/EEC of 23rd November 1978 (O.J. No. L349, 13.12.78, p.21)Council Directive 87/56/EEC of 18th December 1986 (O.J. No. L24, 27.1.87, p.42) and Council Directive 89/235/EEC of 13th March 189 (O.J. No. L98, 11.4.89, p.1).