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Regulation 57 Noise limits construction requirements relating to motor cyclesF1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Subject to regulation 59, this regulation applies to every motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1983 which is—

(a)

a moped; or

(b)

a two-wheeled motor cycle, whether or not with sidecar attached, which is not a moped.

(2)

A vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be so constructed that it meets,—

(a)

if it is first used before 1st April 1991, the requirements of item 1 or 2 of the Table in Part I of Schedule 7A;

(b)

if it is first used on or after that date, the requirements of item 2 of that Table.

(3)

Instead of complying with paragraph (2), a vehicle first used before 1st April 1991 may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 78/1015, 87/56 or 89/235.

(4)

Instead of complying with paragraph (2), a vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1991 may comply at the time of its first use with Community Directive 87/56 or 89/235.

(5)

In this regulation “moped” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 5 of Schedule 9.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regs. 57-57B substituted for reg. 57 (1.7.1994) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/14), regs. 1(1), 3(5), Sch. 1

Commencement

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Reg. 57 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1