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The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1986-06-25
Last updated 2025-04-29
State In force
Department Westlaw
Source legislation.gov.uk
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[^key-178724e6b25ebe97fe696746acc524e9]: Reg. 32(7A) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 12(2)

[^key-32c901e4a0f1e36aee44a3e80b5cf122]: Words in reg. 32(7)(a) substituted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 12(1)

[^key-23ffdcae5d24f21cd09daa75ddb7a4a0]: Words in reg. 33 Table substituted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 13

[^key-2ed1b8ed2579d03ab15077cc96bdd010]: Reg. 34(3)(a)(aa) substituted for reg. 34(3)(a) (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 14

[^key-bc63b42db1b11d9f510b1bda518f3433]: Words in reg. 35(2)(c) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 15(1)

[^key-94777fe0327b002c4c135aab64533512]: Reg. 35(2)(ca) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 15(2)

[^key-5aff3915a3dc69257741d1e1c2fb6538]: Words in reg. 37(1)(b) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 16(1)

[^key-3a65a14e6fcb8338dc61cdec4974e114]: Reg. 37(1)(c) added (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 16(2)

[^key-53874aceefe62fa45778d2ae03ca24a9]: Words in reg. 55(2)(b) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 17(1)

[^key-e06a38e34d01907bdc2e89031e1951e1]: Reg. 55(2)(ba) inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 17(2)

[^key-288cf5f1d76b815e9e186f4ec71a6acf]: Reg. 56(1)(a)(aa) substituted for reg. 56(1)(a) (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 18

[^key-0f75b992860826d5184ef7903b9d5064]: Words in reg. 61 Table 1 inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 19(1)(a)

[^key-c6d34c79d6ba855044d7747b220f6ab4]: Words in reg. 61 Table 1 substituted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 19(1)(b)

[^key-fae55976d17274de72290402414f5c9f]: Words in reg. 61 Table 1 inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 19(1)(c)

[^key-63f1bbbc2286ae52f25cc1edd9d3e16c]: Words in reg. 61 Table 1 inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 19(2)(a)

[^key-e2ebc919a8584c0bfa5ebdfda97e9ed5]: Words in reg. 61 Table 1 substituted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 19(2)(b)

[^key-7777a38a73442c30c4985931b254a8c8]: Words in reg. 61 Table 1 inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 19(2)(c)

[^key-f475ae902c389097b0bc7c8270ca15bd]: Reg. 63(1)(c)(ca) substituted for reg. 63(1)(c) (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 20(1)

[^key-a35563c24dced8d932ba6caf0e4cc70a]: Words in reg. 63(4)(d) substituted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 20(2)

[^key-91cdda06b64018f00e69d9487472230e]: Words in reg. 76 Table inserted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 21(1)

[^key-0eca78723585cbe1e1f589cbcb92d089]: Words in reg. 76 Table substituted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 21(2)

[^key-539d97e288650ecdcff5287109099ecd]: Words in reg. 78 Table Item 9 substituted (9.3.2015) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/142), regs. 1(2), 22

[^key-3b91db581b2853e6332ea82fdd9b05a0]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 5

[^key-ac67abe4b5423a377ddc9073ba752df8]: Reg. 37(5)(aza) inserted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 6(3)

[^key-f072b547d3cd9f4d3a6cabf516c1795b]: Word in reg. 37(5)(a) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 6(2)

[^key-1f45772a51210fe88609628ca7e9a9fa]: Word in reg. 82(10)(a) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 7(2)

[^key-707ce1f121775acce00849a62a80efc1]: Reg. 82(10)(aa) inserted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 7(3)

[^key-cd2fc1c0e17154abed8ff9245657f3c2]: Word in reg. 101(2)(a) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 8(2)

[^key-5da0fa4cf5f47e54b108e7dd4facbeb6]: Reg. 101(2)(aa) inserted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 8(3)

[^key-ebebef6fb0c7d85f0cf94a94b1d3e8e1]: Word in reg. 107(2)(a) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 9(2)

[^key-44615c20bbf562ae5f193fa630703404]: Reg. 107(2)(aa) inserted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(d), Sch. 9 para. 9(3)

[^key-eddb190a92a75c85e990e48f1e178114]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (2.3.2016) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/248), regs. 1(2), 15(2)

[^key-f7cd0c386df3b2c9e2638826ce7f1343]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table omitted (2.3.2016) by virtue of The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/248), regs. 1(2), 15(2)

[^key-c5d264940c1dac989f891e9cb075ebbb]: Words in reg. 35(2)(h) substituted (2.3.2016) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/248), regs. 1(2), 15(3)

[^key-a712a31ec3a244f1b946a2c6c4527e6a]: Words in reg. 36(1)(b) substituted (2.3.2016) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/248), regs. 1(2), 15(3)

[^key-aaa4c22728a5b329993b1447478752f7]: Word in Sch. 3B para. 5(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 13

[^key-828bff71851837a945b00174981e85e5]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table omitted (1.10.2017) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 9(a)

[^key-4b69ca2bd8315d096042b61c7665b2a7]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 9(b)

[^key-bb6a9dc7fca3a8246c4ddc6ed9299abe]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 9(c)

[^key-ba6093acfe6adef797ef65f3926570ee]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 9(d)

[^key-01afdcca697c2d3dbac9fb5017d9bebf]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 9(e)

[^key-2c353eef25f056b0a3da38b9a9e65c4c]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 9(f)

[^key-bbd715c2e2f60feaad1fb8b56ef31f15]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 9(g)

[^key-41adfe796f5ff877b5814b902d16df2a]: Words in reg. 7(1) Table inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 10(1)

[^key-a6924b5167ff77a3c710ed332aeb9e23]: Word in reg. 7(6)(a) omitted (1.10.2017) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 10(2)(a)

[^key-0ebdeeeee01b23c42de7955907cb8f27]: Words in reg. 7(6)(a)(ia) inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 10(2)(b)

[^key-b4d278a1ddf097bc8eeb665c4708df7d]: Reg. 8(4) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 11(2)

[^key-fa4de8330c6fe6289f37419818977671]: Words in reg. 8(1) Table substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 11(1)

[^key-3f1389b0f652bbfafb4f9f43f5170f3e]: Words in reg. 40(2A) inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 12

[^key-d0dcacd50f6462fd3c4144aebfc29faa]: Words in reg. 40(2)(a) inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 12

[^key-1bc48b976f5a7081cf6f016eb841e51c]: Reg. 66(8) inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 13

[^key-dafd5a66af5afd376054ec6c7d1829af]: Words in reg. 76(1A) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 14

[^key-76a86a3b1029f2f0f6d54b2ac1dcba4c]: Words in reg. 77(2A) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 15

[^key-cf93fafdb798413e32659f6bf69c7f88]: Reg. 94(2) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 16(1)

[^key-9ed7cc8bf17222546ce53010f034a532]: Reg. 94(4) omitted (1.10.2017) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 16(3)

[^key-63cd21759597d54069192fbecc9b3c3b]: Sch. 11A heading substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 17(1)

[^key-fe269228fe77b8e09dc8bb6b268eaca7]: Sch. 11A para. 3 substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 17(2)

[^key-558ae8a88bad6dfb23127cc42840d7ba]: Sch. 11A para. 6(1) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 17(3)(a)

[^key-9f900f8aaa8e4383cf97561339827c56]: Sch. 11A para. 6(4) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 17(3)(b)

[^key-b28be74625334a141ca6f713d5c1e0a6]: Words in Sch. 11A para. 9(1) inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 17(4)(a)

[^key-e41f87851fc6fbaa55fa2fa1d921358a]: Words in Sch. 11A para. 9(1) inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 17(4)(b)

[^key-fd2788aa20d825774d60ff1cbb7ce06b]: Words in Sch. 11A para. 9(1) inserted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 17(4)(c)

[^key-f14ef07e29280e8467104c4959849632]: Sch. 11A para. 9(3) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 17(5)

[^key-f54a81c4b5fe94ff5fad226bd40eca93]: Sch. 7B para. 7(b) substituted (1.2.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1251), regs. 1, 2(2)

[^key-6d1cd9fc6bd58e36a43b0b74c58abc98]: Reg. 18 Table 1 Item 3A inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 3(a)(i)

[^key-859e0428b28d8d4233b26bb3565b1194]: Words in reg. 18 Table 1 substituted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 3(a)(ii)

[^key-ccc396b4b21eb229f016afadf296d667]: Reg. 18(3A) inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 3(b)

[^key-e0a71d83409080177af5a97b21d04fc1]: Reg. 18A omitted (20.5.2018) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 4

[^key-5ce3295125a37d7e2e57c3477f90ba67]: Word in reg. 70(1) omitted (20.5.2018) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 5

[^key-7316175ea2b7e660d9a26fd5e37c1f60]: Reg. 111 inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 6

[^key-015db7671f0cc19dc6c48611ec0e7d09]: Words in Sch. 2 Table 1 Item 74C omitted (20.5.2018) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 7(a)

[^key-4e7a8a3917b9aaa1bfaabd4c0c18da51]: Words in Sch. 2 Table 1 Item 83 omitted (20.5.2018) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 7(b)

[^key-c18838d37819df9f6615446983eeec7e]: Sch. 2 Table 1 Items 95, 96 inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 7(c)

[^key-d35af123d9e892a5247be380f09b7c80]: Words in Sch. 7B para. 8(1)(a) inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 8(a)

[^key-1ca46dcfd371ab2110b18672c63b777a]: Sch. 7B para. 8(1)(d) inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 8(d)

[^key-6c0e00128c532d04ff737896bb2c9ad4]: Words in Sch. 7B para. 8(1)(b) inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 8(b)

[^key-49b3e6fa92065402c53c7fa17581c87b]: Words in Sch. 7B para. 8(1)(c) inserted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 8(c)

[^key-380760abf1097829e580d51dd0012da2]: Sch. 7B paras. 8(2)(a)(b) substituted (20.5.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 8(e)

[^key-8358ca3c461fd46287b5e58910cf02d1]: Reg. 110(5A) inserted (11.6.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/592), regs. 1, 2(2)

[^key-c61c34ab9b259b6f014fce4b48d5d9b3]: Words in reg. 60(1F)(b) inserted (27.6.2018) by The Investigatory Powers (Consequential Amendments etc.) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/682), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 1

[^key-dd081c6ad00c3c11de4787248a458f2e]: Reg. 37(5)(ca) inserted (1.4.2019) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 58(2); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2

[^key-dd9a4707733fa0d111804b23951c7fa7]: Words in reg. 37(5)(k) omitted (22.5.2019) by virtue of The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/703), reg. 1(1), Sch. 10 para. 1(a) (with reg. 3)

[^key-51581f5cba8636e59a39468d13dcc50e]: Words in reg. 37(9A) substituted (22.5.2019) by The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/703), reg. 1(1), Sch. 10 para. 1(b) (with reg. 3)

[^key-8130ba0fc6dcf1ba40609a14a04e33d6]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table substituted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(2)

[^key-2e15e66801405adb6f6cb16c36132cd9]: Words in reg. 25(7) substituted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)

[^key-81eb4e3d2aa28b9ad02dc2eac4d1c2d1]: Words in reg. 25(9) substituted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)

[^key-d9df1770cf745aa6f493a7313f8bee40]: Reg. 27(1A) inserted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)

[^key-ef1e7208a582ff6c4d3d5947c69e15e1]: Words in reg. 27(1) inserted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)(i)

[^key-5a1951b803d976cdde8295e7d2464bea]: Word in reg. 27(1)(g)(ii) omitted (1.2.2021) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)(ii)

[^key-9411d6776b85e90f52cfe83aeee5d68d]: Reg. 27(1)(i)-(k) inserted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)(iii)

[^key-8f5a815ca229aea8aa12b6d3be844196]: Words in reg. 27(4)(a) inserted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(4)(c)(i)

[^key-7902192d596085c78737544f06a616db]: Reg. 27(4)(ca) inserted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(4)(c)(ii)

[^key-09200d88f310acb0bbc314cbabdd02af]: Word in reg. 27(6)(a) substituted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(4)(d)

[^key-e3a040c0dff0a83f20afb115d2dc7a56]: Sch. 2 Table 2 Items 28A, 28B inserted (1.2.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1178), regs. 1, 2(5)

[^key-2cbcc71d0c031c018dc00441965acd13]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (14.2.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 3(a)

[^key-8d19284b5a2c151c5d0c376e2e1b7d6e]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (14.2.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 3(b)

[^key-b55a9435bceac31bf60c25a88ea8bd2a]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (14.2.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 3(c)

[^key-7165448b52a46f6569c2f998d088b0ea]: Word in reg. 3(2) Table omitted (14.2.2022) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 3(d)(i)

[^key-1ea476215455a295ae5b8fcc3f1be464]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (14.2.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 3(d)(ii)

[^key-df40006a4a472b5ec55e0248afe6ce44]: Word in reg. 3(2) Table omitted (14.2.2022) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 3(e)(i)

[^key-14f1511c5b0a4ca1c9a8fd49eae972f2]: Words in reg. 3(2) Table inserted (14.2.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 3(e)(ii)

[^key-a81c5155a9deb1085c37d11ff5e5d071]: Reg. 7(3D) inserted (14.2.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 4(b)

[^key-f3e74e6b2f6e7eccfa414ddd2f4a4fa8]: Reg. 7(10) inserted (14.2.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 4(c)

[^key-a37a25d30e81bd4b8ca2638e5bcddcb2]: Word in reg. 7(3) omitted (14.2.2022) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(i)

[^key-946be3c7915a1f7887045bc93dcd0250]: Reg. 7(3)(d) and word inserted (14.2.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(ii)

[^key-9bf5e1a831c94bd5e56623e9035f9d8f]: Pt. 4(DA) inserted (14.2.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/59), regs. 1(2), 5

[^key-157ad5597af78ea78442656f7a6791ea]: Reg. 110(5B) inserted (25.3.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/81), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(b)

[^key-280d6610483e2bb01a03d080b486cd57]: Words in reg. 110(4) substituted (25.3.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/81), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(a)

[^key-b5af04e7907bf5733ad8275905e2cb1f]: Words in reg. 110(6)(a) substituted (25.3.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/81), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(c)

[^key-addbe25ae49dca6acfa3d6161dbd61da]: Reg. 110(6)(f)(g) inserted (25.3.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/81), regs. 1(1), 3(2)

[^key-a2f13c8bb097425025031cf02962ed44]: Reg. 110(6)(c) substituted (25.3.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/81), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(d)

[^key-26cc9ab3c35fd81239808a0189ee0d09]: Regulations applied in part by The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1998), art. 58 (as inserted (31.5.2023) by S.I. 2023/524, arts. 1(1), 4)

[^key-c64f59717b0b5dc74219b513423c12a6]: Reg. 110(5C) inserted (25.11.2024) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1084), regs. 1(1), 2

[^key-39af7b5a09b88e04dab4c2dee822fd71]: Words in reg. 3(2) table inserted (1.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 3(a)

[^key-f0d8f8da3e4ad7fe7fed7ea23905f3f7]: Word in reg. 3(2) table omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 3(b)(i)

[^key-4cbea24dd477470cebf439fcf14a5cb3]: Words in reg. 3(2) table inserted (1.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 3(b)(ii)

[^key-55fc6f08012767e38104544694f4eeca]: Word in reg. 3(2) table omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 3(c)(i)

[^key-7733aceb130fdfdb2d51dc375b6db8f0]: Words in reg. 3(2) table inserted (1.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 3(c)(ii)

[^key-94c3e78738095a73e313c871bfd972da]: Words in reg. 33(1) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 4(a)

[^key-1d4705e813ec9d377626334c570f76b0]: Reg. 33(10) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 4(b)

[^key-e92759c25750d5d128adb1a5743f2ac0]: Reg. 51(2A) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 5(a)

[^key-81ea127df6ba18b75a93bba256e8bac0]: Words in reg. 51(5)(l) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 5(b)

[^key-dee3c71188be293da00c429d6763cac6]: Sch. 2 Table 2 Item 21A(2) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1312), regs. 1(1), 6

[^key-ca5c1c622c0cc3fa1865dce6cec2100a]: Sch. 2 Table 2 Items 30-32 inserted (29.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/454), regs. 1(1), 2(3)

[^key-9243d4710f3bfc439ff5ab1afdf48cef]: Sch. 5A inserted (29.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/454), regs. 1(1), 2(4)

[^key-9f73b6790bd57e6b6b65a34cc0858821]: Reg. 94(2A)-(2C) substituted for reg. 94(2A) (29.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/454), regs. 1(1), 2(2)

SCHEDULE 10A — MINISTRY PLATE

Strength of superstructure

53A
  • (1) This regulation applies to every coach which is—
  • (a) a single decked vehicle;
  • (b) equipped with a compartment below the deck for the luggage of passengers; and
  • (c) first used on or after 1st April 1993.
  • (2) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall comply with the requirements of ECE Regulation 66.

Additional exits from double-decked coaches

53B
  • (1) This regulation applies to every coach which is—
  • (a) a double-decked vehicle; and
  • (b) first used on or after 1st April 1990.
  • (2) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be equipped with two staircases, one of which shall be located in one half of the vehicle and the other in the other half of the vehicle.
  • (3) Instead of being equipped with two staircases in accordance with paragraph (2), a vehicle to which this regulation applies may be equipped in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation with a hammer or other similar device with which in case of emergency any side window of the vehicle may be broken.
  • (4) Where a vehicle is equipped with—
  • (a) a staircase located in one half of the vehicle; and
  • (b) an emergency exit complying with regulation 21(8) of the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 located in the same half of the upper deck of the vehicle;

the hammer or the similar device shall be located in the other half of that deck.

  • (5) Any hammer or other similar device with which a vehicle is equipped pursuant to this regulation shall be located in a conspicuous and readily accessible position in the upper deck of the vehicle.
  • (6) There shall be displayed, in a conspicuous position in close proximity to the hammer or other similar device, a notice which shall contain in clear and indelible lettering—
  • (a) in letters not less than 25 mm high, the heading “IN EMERGENCY”; and
  • (b) in letters not less than 10 mm high, instructions that in case of emergency the hammer or device is to be used first to break any side window by striking the glass near the edge of the window and then to clear any remaining glass from the window aperture.
  • (7) For the purposes of this regulation a staircase, emergency exit, hammer or other similar device (as the case may be) shall be considered to be located in the other half of the vehicle if the shortest distance between any part of that staircase, exit, hammer or device (as the case may be) and any part of any other staircase, emergency exit, hammer or device is not less than one half of the overall length of the vehicle.

Speed limiters

36A
  • (1) Subject to paragraph (13), this regulation applies to every coach which—
  • (a) was first used on or after 1st April 1974 and before 1st January 1988; and
  • (b) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 112.65 km/h; and a reference to this regulation to a paragraph (1) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.
  • (2) Subject to paragraph (13), this regulation also applies to every bus which—
  • (a) is first used on or after 1st January 1988;
  • (b) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes; and
  • (c) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 100 km/h; and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (2) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.
  • (2A) Subject to paragraph (13), this regulation also applies to every bus, not being a bus to which paragraph (2) applies, which—
  • (a) is first used on or after 1st January 2005;
  • (b) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 10 tonnes; and
  • (c) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 100 km/h;

and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (2A) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.

  • (2B) Subject to paragraph (13), this regulation also applies to every bus which—
  • (a) is first used on or after 1st January 2005;
  • (b) has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 5 tonnes; and
  • (c) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 100 km/h;

and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (2B) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.

  • (2C) Subject to paragraph (13), this regulation also applies to every bus, not being a bus to which paragraph (2) applies, which—
  • (a) was first used on or after 1st October 2001 and before 1st January 2005;
  • (b) complies with the limit values in respect of Euro III emission standards set out in Council Directive 88/77/EEC, as amended by amendments up to and including those effected by Commission Directive 2001/27/EC;
  • (c) has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 10 tonnes; and
  • (d) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 100 km/h;

and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (2C) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.

  • (2D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (2E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (4) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be fitted with a speed limiter in respect of which such of the requirements of paragraphs (5) to (9) are met as apply to that speed limiter.
  • (5) Subject to paragraph (10), the requirements of this paragraph are that a speed limiter fitted to any vehicle must—
  • (a) be sealed by an authorised sealer in such a manner as to protect the limiter against any improper interference or adjustment and against any interruption of its power supply; and
  • (b) be maintained in good and efficient working order.
  • (6) The requirements of this paragraph are that a speed limiter fitted to a paragraph (1) vehicle must be calibrated to a set speed not exceeding 112.65 km/h.
  • (7) Subject to paragraph (7A), the requirements of this paragraph are that a speed limiter fitted to a paragraph (2) vehicle, a paragraph (2A) vehicle, a paragraph (2B) vehicle or a paragraph 2(C) vehicle, must be set so that the speed of the vehicle cannot exceed 100 km/h.
  • (7A) A speed limiter fitted to a paragraph (2) vehicle which—
  • (a) was first used before 1st January 2005 and has a maximum gross weight exceeding 10 tonnes; or
  • (b) was first used before 1st October 2001 and has a maximum gross weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes but not exceeding 10 tonnes;

may be set at a maximum speed of 100 km/h.

  • (8) Subject to paragraphs (11) and (12), the requirements of this paragraph are that a speed limiter fitted at any time to any paragraph (1) vehicle or a speed limiter fitted before 1st October 1994 to a paragraph (2) vehicle first used before that date must comply with—
  • (a) Part 1 of the British Standard; or
  • (b) the Annexes to Community Directive 92/24 as amended by Directive 2004/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
  • (9) The requirements of this paragraph are that a speed limiter (not being a speed limiter to which paragraph (8) applies) fitted to a paragraph (2) vehicle , a paragraph (2A) vehicle, a paragraph (2B) vehicle and a paragraph (2C) vehicle must comply with the Annexes to Community Directive 92/24 as amended by Directive 2004/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
  • (9A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (10) Paragraph (5)(a) shall have effect in relation to—
  • (a) a speed limiter fitted before 1st August 1992 to a vehicle first used before that date; or
  • (b) a speed limiter sealed outside the United Kingdom, as if the words “by an authorised sealer” were omitted.
  • (11) Paragraph (8) does not apply to a speed limiter fitted before 1st October 1988.
  • (12) Paragraph (8) does not apply to a speed limiter fitted to a vehicle if the speed limiter complies with an equivalent standard.
  • (13) This regulation does not apply to a vehicle—
  • (a) being taken to a place where a speed limiter is to be installed, calibrated, repaired or replaced; ...
  • (b) completing a journey in the course of which the speed limiter has accidentally ceased to function;
  • (c) which is owned by the Secretary of State for Defence and used for naval, military or air force purposes;
  • (d) which is used for naval, military or air force purposes while being driven by a person for the time being subject to the orders of a member of the armed forces of the Crown; ...
  • (e) while it is being used for fire and rescue authority purposes or for or in connection with the exercise of any function of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, for ambulance purposes or police purposes ; or
  • (f) which is operated by or on behalf of Her Majesty’s Prison Service and used primarily for the purpose of moving Category A prisoners.
  • (14) In this regulation
  • “authorised sealer” has the meaning given in Schedule 3B;
  • “Category A prisoners” means that prison security category which is applied to prisoners whose escape would be highly dangerous to the public or the police or to the security of the state, no matter how unlikely that escape might be, and for whom the aim must be to make escape impossible;
  • “equivalent standard” means—a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any member State;any international standard recognised for use as a standard by any member State; ora technical specification or code of practice which, whether mandatory or not, is recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any member State, where the standard, code of practice, international standard or technical specification provides, in relation to speed limiters, a level of speed control equivalent to that provided by Part 1 of the British Standard;
  • “Euro III emission standards” means the emission limits given in rows A of the tables in section 6.2.1 of Annex 1 to Directive 1999/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (amending Council Directive 88/77/EEC);
  • “international transport operations” means transport operations outside the United Kingdom;
  • “national transport operations” means transport operations within the United Kingdom;
  • “Part 1 of the British Standard” means the British Standard for Maximum Road Speed Limiters for Motor Vehicles which was published by the British Standards Institution under the number BS AU 217: Part 1: 1987 and which came into effect on 29th May 1987; as amended by Amendment Slip No.1 under the number AMD 5969 which was published and came into effect on 30th June 1988;
  • “set speed”, in relation to a calibrated speed limiter fitted to a vehicle, means the speed intended by the person who calibrated the speed limiter to be the mean speed of the vehicle when operating in a stabilised condition;
  • “speed limiter” means a device designed to limit the maximum speed of a motor vehicle by controlling the power output from the engine of the vehicle
  • ...
  • “transport operations” means the transportation of passengers in vehicles designed for such a purpose and to which this regulation applies.

Audible warning instruments

Motor cycle sidestands

Speed limiters—plates

70A
  • (1) This regulation applies to every vehicle to which regulation 36A or 36B applies and which is fitted with a speed limiter.
  • (2) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be equipped with a plate which meets the requirements specified in paragraph (3).
  • (3) ... the requirements are that the plate is in conspicuous position in the driving compartment of the vehicle and is clearly and indelibly marked with the speed at which the speed limiter has been set.

Marking of weights on certain vehicles

Additional markings

Test date discs

Testing and Inspection

39A
  • (1) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be designed and constructed for running on unleaded petrol.
  • (2) No person shall use or cause or permit to be used a vehicle to which this regulation applies on a road if it —
  • (a) has been deliberately altered or adjusted for running on leaded petrol, and
  • (b) as a direct result of such alteration or adjustment it is incapable of running on unleaded petrol.
  • (3) Subject to paragraph (4) this regulation applies to every motor vehicle which is —
  • (a) propelled by a spark ignition engine which is capable of running on petrol, and
  • (b) is first used on or after the 1st April 1991.
  • (4) Part I of Schedule 3A shall have effect for the purpose of excluding certain vehicles first used before specified dates from the application of this regulation.
  • (5) In this regulation “petrol”, “leaded petrol” and “unleaded petrol” have the same meaning as in Community Directive 85/210.
  • (6) A vehicle shall be regarded for the purposes of this regulation as incapable of running on unleaded petrol at any particular time if and only if in its state of adjustment at that time prolonged continuous running on such petrol would damage the engine.
39B
  • (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every fuel tank fitted to a vehicle to which regulation 39A applies shall be so constructed and fitted that it cannot readily be filled from a petrol pump delivery nozzle which has an external diameter of 23.6mm or greater without the aid of a device (such as a funnel) not fitted to the vehicle.
  • (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a vehicle in respect of which both of the following conditions are satisfied, that is to say —
  • (a) that at the time of its first use the vehicle is so designed and constructed that prolonged continuous running on leaded petrol would not cause any device designed to control the emission of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons or nitrogen oxides to malfunction, and
  • (b) that it is conspicuously and legibly marked in a position immediately visible to a person filling the fuel tank with —
  • (i) the word “UNLEADED”, or
  • (ii) the symbol shown in Part II of Schedule 3A.
  • (3) In this regulation “fuel tank”, in relation to a vehicle, means a fuel tank used in connection with the propulsion of the vehicle.

SCHEDULE 3A — EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES FROM THE APPLICATION OF REGULATION 39A

PART I

1
  • (1) In this Part —
  • “EEC type approval certificate” means a certificate issued by a member state of the European Economic Community in accordance with Community Directive 70/220 as originally made or with any amendments which have from time to time been made before 5th September 1988;
  • “engine capacity” means in the case of a reciprocating engine, the nominal swept volume and, in the case of a rotary engine, double the nominal swept volume;
  • ...
  • “relevant authority” means —in relation to an EEC type approval certificate issued by the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State, andin relation to an EEC type approval certificate issued by any other member state of the European Economic Community, the authority having power under the law of that state to issue that certificate.
  • (2) The reference in this Schedule to a M1 category vehicle is a reference to a vehicle described as M1 in Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6th February 1970 as amended at 5th September 1988.
3

The conditions referred to in paragraph 2 are —

  • (a) that the vehicle is a model in relation to which there is in force an EEC type approval certificate issued before 1st October 1989;
  • (b) that the manufacturer of the vehicle has supplied to the relevant authority which issued the EEC type approval certificate, a certificate stating that adapting vehicles of that model to the fuel requirements specified in the Annexes to Community Directive 88/76 would entail a change in material specification of the inlet or exhaust valve seats or a reduction in the compression ratio or an increase in the engine capacity to compensate for loss of power; and
  • (c) that the relevant authority has accepted the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (b).
Item Description of vehicle Date before which vehicle must be first used
(1) (2) (3)
1. Vehicles with an engine capacity of less than 1400cc. 1.4.92
2. Vehicles with an engine capacity of not less than 1400cc and not more than 2000cc. 1.4.94
3. M1 category vehicles with an engine capacity of more than 2000cc and which —are constructed or adapted to carry not more than 5 passengers excluding the driver, orhave a maximum gross weight of not more than 2500kg.not being in either case, an off-road vehicle. 1.4.93
4

The conditions referred to in paragraph 2 are —

  • (a) that the vehicle is a model in relation to which there is in force an EEC type approval certificate issued before 1st October 1989;
  • (b) that the manufacturer of the vehicle has supplied to the relevant authority which issued the EEC type approval certificate, a certificate stating that adapting vehicles of that model to the fuel requirements specified in the Annexes to Community Directive 88/76 would entail a change in material specification of the inlet or exhaust valve seats or a reduction in the compression ratio or an increase in the engine capacity to compensate for loss of power; and
  • (c) that the relevant authority has accepted the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (b).
Item Description of vehicle Date before which vehicle must be first used
(1) (2) (3)
1. Vehicles with an engine capacity of less than 1400cc. 1.4.92
2. Vehicles with an engine capacity of not less than 1400cc and not more than 2000cc. 1.4.94
3. M1 category vehicles with an engine capacity of more than 2000cc and which —are constructed or adapted to carry not more than 5 passengers excluding the driver, orhave a maximum gross weight of not more than 2500kg.not being in either case, an off-road vehicle. 1.4.93

PART II — SYMBOL INDICATING THAT VEHICLE CAN RUN ON UNLEADED PETROL

Turning circle—buses

Turning circle—articulated vehicles other than those incorporating a car transporter

13A
  • (1) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be able to move on either lock so that, both with and without all its wheels in contact with the surface of the road and disregarding the things set out in paragraphs (a) to (m) in the definition of “overall width” and in paragraph (i)(a) to (o) in the definition of “overall length” in the Table in regulation 3, no part of it projects outside the area contained between concentric circles with radii of 12.5m and 5.3m.
  • (2) This regulation applies to all articulated vehicles except the following:
  • (a) an articulated vehicle, the semi-trailer of which—
  • (i) was manufactured before 1st April 1990 and has an overall length that does not exceed the overall length it had on that date,
  • (ii) is a car transporter,
  • (iii) is a low loader,
  • (iv) is a stepframe low loader, or
  • (v) is constructed and normally used for the conveyance of indivisible loads of exceptional length;
  • (b) an articulated vehicle having an overall length not exceeding 15.5m and of which the drawing vehicle was first used before 1st June 1998 or the trailer was first used before that date; or
  • (c) an articulated vehicle when an axle of the trailer is raised to aid traction.
  • (3) In relation to a vehicle manufactured before 1st June 1998, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the words “both with and without all its wheels in contact with the surface of the road and” were omitted.
  • (4) An articulated vehicle shall be taken to comply with paragraph (1) if the semi-trailer comprised in it is, by virture of paragraph 7.6.1.2 of Annex 1 of Community Directive 97/27/EC, deemed to comply with paragraph 7.6.1 of that Annex.

Turning circle—articulated vehicles incorporating a car transporter

13B
  • (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) this regulation applies to an articulated vehicle having an overall length exceeding 15.

Connecting sections and direction-holding of articulated buses

2

A vehicle of a description specified in column 2 of the Table below is excluded from the application of regulation 39A if it is first used before the date specified in column 3 and the conditions specified in paragraph 3 are satisfied in respect to it on that date.

100A
  • (1) No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a vehicle displaying the rectangular plate described in the definition of “low platform trailer” in the Table in regulation 3(2) or anything resembling such a plate at a speed exceeding 40 mph.
  • (2) No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used on a road a vehicle displaying the rectangular plate described in Schedule 13 (Plate for restricted speed vehicle) or anything resembling such a plate at a speed exceeding 50 mph.

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