(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

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

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;

(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;

(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

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

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

(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.

SCHEDULE 13 — PLATE FOR RESTRICTED SPEED VEHICLE

1

A vehicle displays a plate in accordance with the requirements of this Schedule if a plate in respect of which the following conditions are satisfied is displayed on the vehicle in a prominent position.

(2) The conditions are–

(a) the plate must be in the form shown in the diagram below;

(b) the plate must be at least 150mm wide and at least 120mm high;

(c) the figures “5” and “0” must be at least 100mm high and 50mm wide with a stroke width of at least 12mm, the figures being black on a white background; and

(d) the border must be black and between 3mm and 5mm wide.

Fuel tanks

36B

(1) Subject to paragraph (14), this regulation applies to every motor vehicle , not being a motor vehicle to which paragraph (1B) applies, which—

(a) is a goods vehicle;

(b) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 7,500 kg but not exceeding 12,000 kg;

(d) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a relevant speed exceeding 60 mph; and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (1) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.

(1A) Subject to paragraph (14), this regulation also applies to every motor vehicle which—

(a) is a goods vehicle;

(b) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 3,500 kg but not exceeding 12,000 kg;

(d) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a relevant speed exceeding 90 km/h;

and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (1A) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.

(1B) Subject to paragraph (14), this regulation also applies to every motor vehicle, ... which—

(a) is a goods vehicle;

(b) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 3,500 kg but not exceeding 12,000 kg;

(d) 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; and

(e) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a relevant speed exceeding 90km/h;

and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (1B) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.

(1C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) Subject to paragraph (14), this regulation also applies to every vehicle which—

(a) is a goods vehicle;

(b) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 12,000 kg;

(d) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a relevant speed exceeding 90 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.

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be fitted with a speed limiter in respect of which such of the requirements of paragraphs (7) to (11) are met as apply to that speed limiter.

(7) Subject to paragraph (12), 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 or against any interruption of its power supply; and

(b) be maintained in good and efficient working order.

(8) 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 60 mph.

(9) ... the requirements of this paragraph are that a speed limiter fitted to a paragraph (1A) vehicle, a paragraph (1B) vehicle or a paragraph (2) vehicle must be set so that the stabilised speed of the vehicle must not exceed 90 km/h.

(10) Subject to paragraph (13), the requirements of this paragraph are that a speed limiter fitted at any time to a paragraph (1) vehicle, 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.

(11) The requirements of this paragraph are that a speed limiter (not being a speed limiter to which paragraph (10) applies) fitted to a paragraph (1A) vehicle, a paragraph (1B) vehicle and a paragraph (2) 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.

(11A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(12) Paragraph (7)(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.

(12A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(13) Paragraph (10) does not apply to a speed limiter fitted to a vehicle if the speed limiter complies with an equivalent standard.

(14) This regulation does not apply to a vehicle—

(a) which is being taken to a place where a speed limiter is to be installed, calibrated, repaired or replaced;

(b) which is completing a journey in the course of which the speed limiter has accidentally ceased to function;

(d) 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 brigade Scottish Fire and Rescue Service or, in England or Wales, fire and rescue authority or, in England, fire and rescue authority, ambulance or police purposes; ...

(f) at a time when it is being used on a public road during any calendar week if—

(i) it is being used only in passing from land in the occupation of the person keeping the vehicle to other land in his occupation, and

(ii) it has not been used on public roads for distances exceeding an aggregate of six miles in that calendar week,

and for the purposes of this paragraph “public road” has the meaning given in section 62(1) the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 ; or

(g) which is an emergency tactical response vehicle operated by or on behalf of Her Majesty’s Prison Service and used primarily for the purpose of transporting people or equipment (or both) to restore order within Her Majesty’s prisons or immigration detention centres.

(15) In this regulation

“equivalent standard”, “Part 1 of the British Standard”, ... “speed limiter” and “stabilised speed” have the same meanings as in regulation 36A;

“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;

... “relevant speed” means a speed which a vehicle is incapable, by means of its construction, of exceeding on the level under its own power when unladen

“set speed”, in relation to a paragraph (1) vehicle, has the same meaning as in regulation 36A; and

... “set” in relation to a speed limiter fitted to a paragraph (1A) vehicle, a paragraph (1B) vehicle and a paragraph (2) vehicle, has the same meaning as in Community Directive 92/6; and references to the speed at which a speed limiter is set shall be construed accordingly;

“transport operations” means the transportation of goods in vehicles designed for such a purpose and to which this regulation applies.

(16) For the purposes of this regulation, a motor vehicle has a maximum gross trailer weight exceeding 5,000 kg if—

(a) in the case of a vehicle equipped with a Ministry plate in accordance with regulation 70, the difference between its maximum gross weight and the relevant train weight exceeds 5,000 kg;

(b) in the case of a vehicle not equipped with a Ministry plate, but which is equipped with a plate in accordance with regulation 66, the difference between its maximum gross weight and the weight shown on the plate in respect of item 8 of Part I of Schedule 8 exceeds 5,000 kg; and

(c) in the case of any other vehicle, the vehicle is designed or adapted to be capable of drawing a trailer with a laden weight exceeding 5,000 kg when travelling on a road; and in sub-paragraph (a) “the relevant train weight” is the train weight shown in column (3) of the plate or, if no such weight is shown, the train weight shown in column (2) of the plate (where the plate is in the form required by Schedule 10 or 10B) or in column (4) of the plate (where the plate is in the form required by Schedule 10A or 10C).

Audible warning instruments

Motor cycle sidestands

70B

(1) This regulation applies to a vehicle which is not a goods vehicle fitted in accordance with regulation 70 with a Ministry plate containing the particulars required by Schedule 10A or 10C and which is either—

(a) a bus or a heavy motor car and which was manufactured after 31st May 1998; or

(b) a trailer used in combination with a vehicle falling within paragraph (a) and manufactured after 31st May 1998.

(2) A vehicle to which this regulation applies shall not be used unless—

(a) the vehicle is equipped with a plate securely attached to the vehicle in a conspicuous and readily accessible position and containing the particulars as to the dimensions of the vehicle specified in Annex III of Community Directive 96/53/EC; or

(b) those particulars are included in the particulars shown on the plate with which the vehicle is equipped in accordance with regulation 66.

Marking of weights on certain vehicles

Additional markings

Test date discs

Testing and Inspection

Marking of wide loads

5

(a) Subject to sub-paragraph (d), every load carried on a vehicle in circumstances where this paragraph applies shall be fitted on each side and in the prescribed manner, with—

(i) a prescribed marker in such a position that it is visible from the front of the vehicle, and

(ii) a prescribed marker in such a position that it is visible from the rear of the vehicle,

(b) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (a)—

(i) a marker on a side of the load is fitted in the prescribed manner if at least part of it is within 50mm of a longitudinal plane passing through the point on that side of the load which is furthest from the axis of the vehicle; and

(ii) a prescribed marker is a marker of the size, shape and colour described in Part II of this Schedule.

(c) Every marker fitted pursuant to this paragraph shall be kept clean and between sunset and sunrise be illuminated by a lamp which renders it readily visible from a reasonable distance and which is so shielded that its light, except as reflected from the marker, is not visible to other persons using the road.

(d) If the load does not extend beyond the longitudinal plane passing through the extreme projecting point on one side of the vehicle, it shall not be necessary for a marker to be fitted to the load on that side.

Speed limiters — authorised sealers

36C

Schedule 3B (authorised sealers) shall have effect.

Audible warning instruments

Motor cycle sidestands

SCHEDULE 3B — AUTHORISED SEALERS

PART I — general

1

The Secretary of State may authorise—

(a) an individual proposing to seal speed limiters other than on behalf of another person;

(b) a firm; or

2

An authorised sealer shall comply with the conditions set out in Part II of this Schedule and with such other conditions as may from time to time be imposed by the Secretary of State.

3

An authorised sealer may charge for sealing a speed limiter.

4

The Secretary of State may at any time withdraw an authorisation granted under this Schedule.

5

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