# The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (“the 1986 Regulations”) make provision about the use of motor vehicles and trailers on roads, and their construction. These Regulations amend the 1986 Regulations to give effect to the requirements of Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers, and come into force on 20th May 2018.
These Regulations amend regulation 18 of the 1986 Regulations (which makes provision about the maintenance and efficiency of brakes) to prescribe requirements in relation to the brakes of certain tractors.
They also amend regulation 70 of the 1986 Regulations (which makes provision about Ministry plates required by the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988), as a result of a change to the scope of those Regulations to include vehicles other than goods vehicles.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR. A copy may be obtained from the Department for Transport website (www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport). An Explanatory Memorandum and a Transposition Note are published alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk. The Directive referred to above is published at http://eur-lex.europa.eu.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/851/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-regulations-2017/note
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