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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-useamendment-no2-regulations-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2560",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use)(Amendment)( No.2) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-useamendment-no2-regulations-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1078) (“the 1986 Regulations”) which govern the construction, equipment, maintenance and use of road vehicles.\nThey amend regulation 37 of the 1986 Regulations to permit the fitting of a bell, gong, siren or two-tone horn to a motor vehicle—\n(a) under the lawful control of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and used for the purposes of the investigation of serious crime; or\n(b) owned or operated by the Secretary of State for Defence and used for the purpose of activity which either prevents or decreases exposure to radiation arising from a radiation accident or emergency, or is connected with an event which could lead to such an accident or emergency.\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared which covers these Regulations and the Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2559) and copies can be obtained from the Department for Transport, Zone 2/04, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR (telephone: 020 7944 2078). Copies are being placed in the libraries of each House of Parliament.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2560/note",
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  "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."
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