LegalizeS.I. No. 415/2017 - Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2017
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6 amending acts · 2024-12-06, S.I. No. 672/2024 - Road Traffic (National Car Test) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
NOTES:
1 ‘Requirements’ are laid down by type-approval at the date of approval, first registration or first entry into service as well as by retrofitting obligations or by national legislation in the country of registration. These reasons for failure apply only when compliance with requirements has been checked.
2 Unsafe modification means a modification that adversely affects the road safety of the vehicle or has a disproportionately adverse effect on the environment or the modification or repair is not presented with a suitable modification report.
3 In a vehicle registered on or after 1 January 1986, windscreen is not marked with approved Standard Mark or equivalent: Australia — AS/NZS 2080 AS/NZS 2080T; Canada — CMVSS 205 (C2); India — IS2553 (PART 2) 1992 (Note 11); China — CCC; Japan — 11-4-21 (Window glass) JISR 3211; South Africa — SABS 1191 / SABS 1193; UK — BS AU I78 / BS 85 7-2 / BS5282; USA — FMVSS 205 (U); ANSI/SAE Z26.1-1996 (Section 7); Germany — A three-period sine wave followed by the letter D.;Glazing marked Birkholz, Seitz, Roxite, Para Press or Bonoplex.; Glazing marked PMMA (polymethylmethylacrylate) or PC (polycarbonate); Europe e-mark to Directive 92/22/EEC; E mark to UNECE Regulation No. 43 with one of the following annotations II, II/P, III, IV.
4 Type-approved in accordance with Directive 70/220/EEC, Annex I, Table 1 (Euro 5) to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, Directive 88/77/EEC and Directive 2005/55/EC.
5 Type-approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, Annex I, Table 2 (Euro 6) and Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 (Euro VI).
6 Type-approved in accordance with limits in row B, section 5.3.1.4 of Annex I to Directive 70/20/EEC as amended by Directive 98/69/EC or later; row B1, B2 or C, section 6.2.1 of Annex I to Directive 88/77/EEC or first registered or put into service after 1 July 2008.
7 Type-approved in accordance with the Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, Table 2, Annex I (Euro 6). Type-approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 (Euro VI).
Schedule 3 Items to be tested and reasons for advisory pass
| Reasons for advisory pass: | Reasons for advisory pass: |
| 0.2. Vehicle identification / chassis / serial number | (a) Please be advised that the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the vehicle registration certificate does not exactly match the VIN indelibly marked on the vehicle chassis (but the last six digits of the VIN on the vehicle registration certificate and marked on the chassis match). |
| 1.1.13. Brake linings and pads | (a) Please be advised that the brake pads / linings on this vehicle are close to the minimum wear mark. |
| 4.7. Rear registration plate lamp | (a) Please be advised that a rear registration plate lamp is not working or faulty. |
| 5.2.3. Tyres | (a) In a vehicle first registered before 1 January 2015, Tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) malfunctioning. |
| (b) Where the date of manufacture is obvious on the tyre, a tyre is older than six years. | |
| (c) Tyre tread depth less than 3mm but more than 1.6mm. |
Schedule 4
Regulation 2
Form of Modifications Report
Given under my Official Seal
21 September 2017.
SHANE ROSS TD,
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These Regulations provide for the transposition of Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness testing.
The Regulations provide in particular for the following:
- (a) the mutual recognition of unexpired portions of Certificates of Roadworthiness issued by the competent testing authorities in other Member States,
- (b) amend the requirements for the testing of private passenger cars registered post 1st Jan. 1980 that are over 30 years old, but less than 40 years old; requirement reduced to a biennial test and from 2020 onwards, change to a rolling 40 year exemption.
- (c) Deficiencies being categorised into minor, major and dangerous
Footnotes
OJ No. L 127, 29.4.2014, p. 51.
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