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The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

S.I. 1998/1 · Made 6 January 1998

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 6th January 1998

Laid before Parliament 7th January 1998

Coming into force 2nd February 1998

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1), (2) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

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Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 52. Section 41 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 50 and Schedule 8.

Contents

  1. 1Commencement and citation
  2. 2Preliminary
  3. 3Amendment to regulation 98 (stopping of engine when stationary)
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Commencement and citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd February 1998.

2Preliminary

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986f1 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

3Amendment to regulation 98 (stopping of engine when stationary)

In regulation 98(1), there shall be inserted at the end the words “or of exhaust emissions”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Helene Hayman

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

6th January 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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

Regulation 98 provides that, except in specified circumstances, the driver of a vehicle must stop the engine when the vehicle is stationary in order to prevent noise. The effect of these Regulations is to amend that provision so as to add the prevention of exhaust emissions as a reason for stopping the engine.