Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.
Regulation 3 amends regulation 61A(4) to correct a cross-reference.
Regulation 4 amends Schedule 8 to provide for certain goods vehicles which are designed or adapted to operate at a weight of between 3,500 kg. and 5,500 kg. when laden, and for which the most recent Minister’s approval certificate was one issued by virtue of the Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/25), to bear a plate showing a weight of 3,500 kg. S.I. 2001/307, made at the same time as these Regulations, excludes such vehicles from the provisions of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1478).
These Regulations (except for regulation 3) have been notified to the European Commission and the other Member States in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L204, 21.7.98, p. 37), as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L217, 5.8.98, p. 18).