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The Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

S.I. 2006/2533 · Made 19 September 2006 · Extends to United Kingdom

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 19th September 2006

Laid before Parliament 22nd September 2006

Coming into force 18th October 2006

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f1.

He has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval schemef2 and in relation to the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of agricultural or forestry tractors and of their components, and in particular any type approval scheme for such tractorsf3.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c.68.

f2

S.I. 1972/1811.

f3

S.I. 1975/427.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005
  3. 3Amendment of the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005
  4. 4Amendment of the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005
  5. 5Revocations
  6. Signature
  7. Schedule REVOCATIONS
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 18th October 2006.

2Amendment of the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005I1

The Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005f1 shall be amended as follows.

3Amendment of the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005I1

In regulation 2 (interpretation) in paragraph (1)—

(a)

at the end of the definition of “separate directive” there shall be added “as amended by such Community instruments (if any) amending a directive so listed as are in force on the day the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2006f1 are madef2”; and

(b)

at the end of the definition of “the Tractor Type Approval Directive” there shall be added “and as amended by Commission Directives 2005/13/EC and 2005/67/EC”.

4Amendment of the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005I1

In regulation 5 (grant or refusal of application) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A)

The UK type-approval authority shall make any decision under this regulation in accordance with the Tractor Type Approval Directive and any relevant separate directive.”.

5RevocationsI1

The Regulations specified in the Table in the Schedule shall be revoked.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

S.J Ladyman

Minister of State

Department for Transport

19th September 2006

REVOCATIONSI1

Table

Regulations revokedReferencesExtent of revocation
Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1988S.I. 1988/1567The whole Regulations
Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1989S.I. 1989/2275The whole Regulations
Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1990S.I. 1990/2336The whole Regulations
Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1992S.I. 1992/80The whole Regulations
Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2000S.I. 2000/828The whole Regulations
Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2001S.I. 2001/1710The whole Regulations
Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2002S.I. 2002/1890The whole Regulations

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) and revoke the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1988 and amending Regulations.

Regulation 3 amends the definition of “separate directive” in regulation 2(1) of the 2005 Regulations so that a reference to a separate directive is a reference to a separate directive as amended by Community instruments that are in force on the date of the making of these Regulations. It also amends the definition of “the Tractor Type Approval Directive” in regulation 2(1) of the 2005 Regulations so that any reference to Directive 2003/37/EC, being the Tractor Type Approval Directive, is, for the purposes of the 2005 Regulations, a reference to that Directive as amended by Directives 2005/13/EC and 2005/67/EC.

Regulation 4 adds paragraph (1A) to regulation 5 of the 2005 Regulations. This new paragraph provides that in deciding whether to grant or amend type-approval under that regulation, the UK type-approval authority shall make any decision in accordance with the Tractor Type Approval Directive and any relevant separate directive. Given the amendments made by regulation 3, the effect of this new paragraph is that the UK type-approval authority is required to make its decision in accordance with those directives as amended by any Community instruments in force on the date of the making of these Regulations.

In making these amendments to the 2005 Regulations, these Regulations transpose Directives 2005/13/EC, 2005/67/EC and 2006/26/EC in so far as they relate to the EC Type-Approval scheme for tractors.

Regulation 5 revokes the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1988 and amending Regulations.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, in so far as the costs arise in relation to transposing 2005/13/EC, is available from the Vehicle Certification Agency, 1 Eastgate Office Centre, Eastgate Road, Bristol BS5 6XX (telephone number: 01179 524119). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.

Copies of the Directives referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from the Office of Public Sector Information.