The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Made: 9th March 1992

Laid before Parliament: 11th March 1992

Coming into force: 1st April 1992

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 80(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988[^f00001], and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with the provisions of section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:–

1

These regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

2

The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979[^f00002] shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

3

In Schedule 4 after item 29 there shall be added the following item–

4

In Schedule 5 after paragraph 11 there shall be added the following paragraph–

(12) In the marking relating to item 30 in Schedule 4– (a) the number referred to in paragraph 2 above will be placed close to the rectangle, either below the letter "e', or to the left or the right of that letter; and (b) there shall be added, above and close to the rectangle:– (i) the letter “A” if the device is of the energy absorption type, or (ii) the letter “S” if the device is of the air/water separator type.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Christopher Chope — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Transport — 9th March 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979 by prescribing a new item 30 in Schedule 4, being a marking relating to spray suppression devices, pursuant to Council Directive 91/226/EEC (of 27th March 1991 (OJ No. L103, 23.4.91, p.5)). A consequential amendment is made to Schedule 5.

Copies of the EEC Directive referred to in these Regulations and in this note can be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 52.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1979/1088, as amended by S.I. 1980/582 and 2027, 1981/126 and 1732, 1982/1479, 1983/1602, 1985/113, 1986/369, 1989/1014, 1990/1838 and 1991/1979.