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The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020

S.I. 2020/818 · Made 3 August 2020 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Made 3rd August 2020

Laid before Parliament 7th August 2020

Coming into force 1st September 2020

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”) M1.

The Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to—

  1. (a)

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

  2. (b)

    measures relating to wireless telegraphy including radio equipment M2.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references in these Regulations (and in the consequential amendments made by these Regulations) to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles M3 and to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefore M4 to be construed as references to versions of those Regulations as they may be amended from time to time.

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Marginal citations

M1

1972 c.68. The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1). Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 and S.I. 2007/1388.

M2

See S.I. 1972/1811 and S.I. 1999/2788. Both instruments are prospectively repealed with effect from IP completion day by S.I. 2018/1011 as modified by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.

M3

OJ No. L 151, 14.6.2018, p.1.

M4

OJ No. L 200, 31.7.2009, p.1.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Introduction
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 1AApplication
  4. 2Interpretation
  5. Part 2: Type-approval
  6. 3Appointment of approval authority
  7. 4Market surveillance authority
  8. 5Requirement to supply documentation or additional information: failure to comply
  9. 6Refusal of ... type-approval application
  10. 6AReusability, recycling and recovery of component parts and materials
  11. 7Conformity of production: record keeping
  12. 8Review of decisions
  13. 9Withdrawal of approvals: mistake or error
  14. 10Withdrawal and suspension of approvals: effect
  15. 11Service
  16. 12Provision of testing stations
  17. 13Provision of technical information: loss or damage
  18. 14Defeat systems
  19. Part 3: National small series type approval and individual approval
  20. Chapter 1: Small series type approvals
  21. 15Applications for GB small series type-approval and UK (NI) national small series type approval
  22. 16Grant of GB small series type-approval and UK (NI) national small series type approval
  23. 17Recognition in Northern Ireland of national type approvals of small series granted in ...member States
  24. Chapter 2: Individual approval
  25. 18Individual approval
  26. 19Applications for individual approvals: appeals
  27. Chapter 3: Form of certificates
  28. 20Form of certificates: UK (NI) national small series type approval, GB small series type-approval and individual approval
  29. Part 4: Conditions for licensing or entry into service of vehicles
  30. Chapter 1: Conditions relating to motor vehicles
  31. 21Grant of first licence or registration of motor vehicle
  32. 22Interoperability for car radio receivers
  33. Chapter 2: Conditions relating to trailers
  34. 23Consent to supply of large trailers for use on a road
  35. 24Records of large trailers
  36. 25Records of small trailers
  37. Chapter 3: Interpretation
  38. 26Interpretation of Part
  39. Chapter 4: Making available on the market, registration or entry into service: limits and derogations
  40. 27End-of-Series vehicles: limits (Great Britain)
  41. 27AEnd-of-Series vehicles: limits (Northern Ireland)
  42. 28Components and separate technical units: derogations
  43. Part 5: Offences, enforcement and civil penalties
  44. 29Offences, enforcement and civil penalties
  45. Part 6: Consequential amendments, revocations, savings and transitional provisions
  46. 30Consequential amendments, revocations and savings
  47. 31Transitional provision: national small series type approval of vehicles over 4m in height
  48. 32Transitional provision: national small series type approval certificate of conformity
  49. Signature
  50. Schedule A1: Reusability, recycling and recovery
  51. 1Exemptions
  52. 2Definitions
  53. 3Type-approval provisions
  54. 4Assessment of the manufacturer
  55. 5Reuse of component parts
  56. 6Modifications of UNECE Regulation 133
  57. Schedule 1: Technical and administrative requirements for grant of national small series type approval
  58. Part 1: Interpretation
  59. 1Paragraph 1
  60. 2Paragraph 2
  61. 3Paragraph 3
  62. 4Paragraph 4
  63. Part 2: Requirements for vehicles of category M1
  64. 1Chapter 1
  65. Chapter 2
  67. 1Wheelchair spaces
  68. 2Wheelchair tie-down devices
  69. 3Location and geometry of anchorages
  70. 4Testing of restraint system anchorages
  71. 5Forces applied to a wheelchair tie-down system
  72. 6Forces applied to an occupant restraint system
  73. 7Anchorage system performance
  75. Paragraph
  76. 3Requirements for vehicles of category N1
  77. 4Requirements for vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2, N3 and O
  78. Schedule 2: Technical and administrative requirements for grant of individual approval
  79. Part 1: General provisions
  80. 1Requirements applicable
  81. 2Paragraph 2
  82. 3Paragraph 3
  83. 4Interpretation
  84. 5Paragraph 5
  85. 6Paragraph 6
  86. 7Paragraph 7
  87. 8Paragraph 8
  88. 9Paragraph 9
  89. 10Paragraph 10
  90. Part 2: Requirements for Part 2 vehicles
  91. 1Chapter 1
  92. Chapter 2
  94. 1Wheelchair spaces
  95. 2Wheelchair tie-down devices
  96. 3Location and geometry of anchorages
  97. 4Testing of restraint system anchorages
  98. 5Forces applied to a wheelchair tie-down system
  99. 6Forces applied to an occupant restraint system
  100. 7Anchorage system performance
  102. Paragraph
  103. 3Requirements for Part 3 vehicles
  104. 4Requirements for other vehicles
  105. Paragraph
  106. Schedule 3: Alternative requirements for the purposes of regulations 23 and 26
  107. 1Paragraph 1
  108. 2Paragraph 2
  109. 3Paragraph 3
  110. Schedule 4: Offences, penalties, enforcement and other matters
  111. Part 1: Offences
  112. 1Offences and defences
  113. 2Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships
  114. Part 2: Penalties
  115. 3Criminal penalties
  116. 4Civil penalties
  117. 5Notification of penalty decision
  118. 6Objection to penalty decision
  119. 7Civil penalties: appeals
  120. Part 3: Enforcement and other matters
  121. 8Enforcement of penalty decision
  122. 9Obstruction of officers and false statements
  123. 10Powers of search, etc.
  124. 11Powers of customs officers to detain goods
  125. 12Applications for the release of detained items
  126. 13Compensation for seizure and detention
  127. 14Recovery of the expenses of enforcement
  128. 15Power of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to disclose information
  129. 16Savings for certain privileges
  130. 17Savings for civil rights
  131. Schedule 5: Other legislation for which penalties are applied
  132. 1Paragraph 1
  133. 2Paragraph 2
  134. 3Paragraph 3
  135. 4Paragraph 4
  136. 5Paragraph 5
  137. 6Paragraph 6
  138. 7Paragraph 7
  139. 8Paragraph 8
  140. 9Paragraph 9
  141. 10Paragraph 10
  142. Schedule 6: Consequential amendments and revocations
  143. Part 1: Consequential amendments
  144. Chapter 1: Primary legislation
  145. 1Amendment of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981
  146. 2Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988
  147. 3Amendment of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994
  148. 4Amendment of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
  149. Chapter 2: Secondary legislation
  150. 5Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975
  151. 6Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 1980
  152. 7Amendment of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
  153. 8Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981
  154. 9Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989
  155. 10Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995
  156. 11Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998
  157. 12Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
  158. 13Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1999
  159. 14Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
  160. 15Amendment of the Passenger Car (Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions Information) Regulations 2001
  161. 16Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002
  162. 17Amendment of the Motor Vehicle Testing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
  163. 18Amendment of the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003
  164. 19Amendment of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 Repealed
  165. 20Amendment of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005
  166. 21Amendment of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
  167. 22Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Individual Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2009
  168. 23Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Replacement of Catalytic Converters and Pollution Control Devices) Regulations 2009
  169. 24Amendment of the Cleaner Road Transport Vehicles (Scotland) Regulations 2010
  170. 25Amendment of the Cleaner Road Transport Vehicles Regulations 2011
  171. 26Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012
  172. 27Amendment of the Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing) Regulations 2012
  173. 28Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
  174. 29Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Automotive Short Range Radar) (Exemption) Regulations 2013
  175. 30Amendment of the Taxi Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
  176. 31Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2015
  177. 32Amendment of the Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
  178. 33Amendment of the Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) Order 2017
  179. 34Amendment of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018
  180. 35Amendment of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
  181. 36Amendment of the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019
  182. 37Amendment of the Air Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
  183. 38Amendment of the Road Vehicle Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
  184. 39Amendment of the Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
  185. 40Amendment of the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
  186. 41Amendment of the REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
  187. 42Amendment of the REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No 3) Regulations 2019
  188. Part 2: Revocations
  189. 43Revocations
  190. Explanatory note