Introductory text

Road Traffic

Made 12th February 2013

Laid before Parliament 14th February 2013

Coming into force 20th March 2013

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41(1) and (2)(g), 45(1) and (2), 46(1)(j), 49(1) and (2), and 51(1)(h) of the Road Traffic Act 1988^f1 (“the 1988 Act”) and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 (“the 1972 Act”).

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the 1972 Act in relation to—

(a)

regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme^f3; and

(b)

testing the roadworthiness of motor vehicles and their trailers^f4.

Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2)^f5 of the 1988 Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1988 c.52; section 41 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), section 48 and Schedule 4, paragraph 50, and section 83 and Schedule 8.
f2: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
f3: S.I. 1972/1811.
f4: S.I. 1977/1718.
f5: Section 195(2) was amended by the Road Safety Act 2006 (c.49) sections 42 and 59 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 1 and 30 and Schedule 7. On the date these Regulations are being made, these amending provision are have not been commenced.