Regulation 4 Amendment of Schedule 8 (plates for certain vehicles)

In Schedule 8, Part III—

(1)

in paragraph 2(1)—

(a)

at the beginning shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph 3A,” and

(b)

after the words “the Type Approval for Goods Vehicles Regulations^f1” shall be inserted “or the Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2001^f2”;

(2)

in paragraph 3, at the beginning shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph 3A,”; and

(3)

after paragraph 3, shall be inserted—

“3A

In the case of a vehicle—

(a)

which complies with the requirements specified in regulation 4(2) of the Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2001;

(b)

in respect of which a Minister’s approval certificate has been issued under section 58 of the 1988 Act for the purposes of the type approval requirements prescribed by those Regulations; and

(c)

in respect of which a Minister’s approval certificate has not subsequently been issued under that section for the purposes of the type approval requirements prescribed by the Type Approval for Goods Vehicles Regulations,

the weight shown on the plate in relation to items 7 and 10 in Part I of this Schedule shall be 3,500 kg.”

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Defined by regulation 3 of S.I. 1986/1078 to mean the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/1271). Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/697, 1984/1402, 1985/46, 1986/427, 1986/1089, 1987/1508, 1988/1523, 1989/1579, 1991/1021, 1991/1970, 1992/1342, 1992/3084, 1993/2200, 1994/2191, 1995/1323, 1996/2331, 1996/3014 and 1998/1006.
f2: S.I. 2001/25.