# The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regulation 57: Noise limits construction requirements relating to motor cycles

Extent: E+W+S

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/regulation-57
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