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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-7XA/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1078",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/7XA/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Modification of regulations 55A, 61 and 61A",
  "text": "(1) An item numbered 2 or higher in the Table in regulation 55A shall not apply to—\n(a) a type approval end of series vehicle;\n(b) a non-type approval end of series vehicle; or\n(c) a late entry into service vehicle,\nif it is first used before the first anniversary of the date specified in column 3 of the item.\n(2) An item numbered 8, 9 or 11 in Table II of regulation 61 shall not apply to a type approval end of series vehicle if it is first used before the first anniversary of the date specified in column 3 of the item.\n(3) An item numbered 9 or 11 in Table II of regulation 61 shall not apply to a non-type approval end of series vehicle if it is first used before the first anniversary of the date specified in column 3 of the item.\n(4) An item numbered 10 or higher (other than 11) in Table II of regulation 61 shall not apply to—\n(a) a type approval end of series vehicle;\n(b) a non-type approval end of series vehicle; or\n(c) a late entry into service vehicle,\nif it is first used before the first anniversary of the date specified in column 3 of the item.\n(4A) No provision of any Community Directive specified in an item numbered 1 or 2 in the Table in regulation 61A shall be deemed to be a design, construction or equipment requirement applying to, or to impose limit values in relation to, a vehicle by virtue of paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 61A, if the vehicle is—\n(a) a type approval end of series vehicle,\n(b) a non-type-approval end of series vehicle, or\n(c) a late entry into service vehicle,\nin relation to such a provision, and the vehicle is first used before the first anniversary of the date as is specified (as defined in regulation 61A) by the relevant Community Directive in item 1 or 2 in the Table in regulation 61A.\n(4B) Paragraphs (5) and (6) of regulation 61B shall not apply to a type approval end of series vehicle, if it has been first used before 1st January 2018 and is lawfully equipped with an air conditioning system designed to contain high-GWP fluorinated greenhouse gases.\n(5) Parts II, III and IV of this Schedule shall have effect for the purpose of interpreting the expressions “type approval end of series vehicle”, “non-type approval end of series vehicle” and “late entry into service vehicle” respectively for the purposes of this paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7XA inserted (1.10.1996) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2329), regs. 1, 11, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 7XA para. 1(4A) substituted (20.10.2006) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) and Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2565), regs. 1(2), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 7XA para. 1(4B) inserted (7.9.2009) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2196), regs. 1, 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7XA para. 1 heading substituted (1.1.2001) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3197), regs. 1, 8(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/schedule/7XA/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:46:09.046037+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}