{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tractor-etc-ec-type-approval-regulations-2005/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tractor-etc-ec-type-approval-regulations-2005/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/390",
  "legislation_title": "The Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tractor-etc-ec-type-approval-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Grant or refusal of application",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to paragraph (2), the UK type-approval authority shall, when it has considered the application made under regulation 4 and is satisfied that it conforms with the provisions of article 4(1) of the Tractor Type Approval Directive, grant or amend EC type-approval to the type of a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit, and issue the appropriate EC type approval certificate.\n(2) The UK type-approval authority may refuse to grant EC type-approval if it considers the vehicle is a serious risk to—\n(a) road safety,\n(b) the environment, or\n(c) the health and safety at work of any person.\n(3) Where in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) the UK type-approval authority decides to refuse an application for EC type-approval certificate it shall give notice of its decision to the applicant.\n(4) The grant or amendment of EC type-approval to a system, component or separate technical unit under paragraph (1) may include restrictions on use or conditions for fitting, and such restrictions on use or conditions shall be clearly marked on the EC type-approval certificate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/2533",
      "affecting_title": "The Tractor etc (EC Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/390/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:09:28.677635+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."
}