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The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2009-03-24

State In force

Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

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Made: 24th March 2009

Laid before Parliament: 27th March 2009

Coming into force: 29th April

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PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

Citation, commencement and extent

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Revocation

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Interpretation: general

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Interpretation of expressions relating to vehicles

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Scope of the Regulations

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PART 2 — CONDITIONS FOR LICENSING OR ENTRY INTO SERVICE OF VEHICLES

Conditions relating to motor vehicles

Grant of first licence or registration of motor vehicles

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Conditions relating to trailers

Consent to supply of large trailers for use on a road

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Records of large trailers

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Records of small trailers

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Meaning of “pertinent information”

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Offences for breach of conditions

Trailers: offences

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PART 3 — EC TYPE APPROVAL GRANTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE

EC type approvals

Applications for grant of EC type approval

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Grant of EC type approval: obligations of approval authority

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Amendments to EC type approvals

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EC certificates of conformity and approval marks

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Tests and associated checks

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Duty to co-operate with approval authority

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Information for users and other manufacturers

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Withdrawal or suspension of EC type approval

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EC type approval of small series

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Unsafe or harmful vehicles and vehicle parts

Powers of the approval authority where a vehicle is a serious risk to road safety, etc

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Parts and equipment which may pose a significant risk to the correct functioning of essential systems

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Recall of vehicles

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PART 4 — NATIONAL SMALL SERIES TYPE APPROVAL AND INDIVIDUAL APPROVAL

National small series type approvals

Applications for national small series type approval

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Grant of national small series type approval

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Recognition of national type approvals of small series granted in other member States

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Individual approval

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Forms of certificate

Forms of certificates: national type approval of small series and individual approval

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PART 5 — VALIDITY OF APPROVALS AND END-OF SERIES VEHICLES

Validity of EC type approvals

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Validity of national small series type approvals

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End-of-series vehicles for EC type approval

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End-of-series vehicles for national small series type approval

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PART 6 — MISCELLANEOUS

Enforcement

Forgery, false statements, etc

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Powers of entry

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Reviews and appeals

Duty to give reasons etc

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Review of decisions on type approval applications

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Applications for individual approvals: appeals

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Other miscellaneous provisions

Duplicate certificates

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Service of notices

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Provision of testing stations

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Designation of technical services

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Saving for applications made under the 1998 Regulations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Regulations Revoked

(1) Title of instrument	(2) Number of instrument
The 1998 Regulations	1998/2051
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1999	1999/778
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999	1999/2324
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2000	2000/869
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000	2000/2730
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2001	2001/2809
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2002	2002/1835
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002	2002/2743
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2003	2003/1019
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003	2003/2428
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2004	2004/73
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004	2004/2186
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2005	2005/2454
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2006	2006/142
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006	2006/1695
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006	2006/2409
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2006	2006/2816
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2007	2007/855
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007	2007/3135
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2008	2008/2844

SCHEDULE 2 — Interpretation of Requirements in Regulatory Acts

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SCHEDULE 3 — Transitional Provisions

PART 1 — Application of Regulations to Vehicles in Different Categories

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PART 2 — The Alternative Conditions and Temporary Exemption for the Purposes of Regulation 6

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PART 3 — Alternative Requirements for the Purposes of Regulations 7 to 10

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SCHEDULE 4 — Technical and Administrative Requirements for Grant of National Small Series Type Approval

PART 1 — Interpretation

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In this Schedule—

“approval” means— a certificate of type approval (including a certificate issued in accordance with Council Directive 70/156/EEC) issued in the United Kingdom or other member State, a document of approval issued under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. which is sufficient to show that a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit complies with a requirement specified in column 1 of a table in the Schedule;

“certificate of conformity” means a certificate of conformity issued in respect of a type approval granted in the United Kingdom or other member State (including a type approval granted before 29th April 2009);

“disabled person’s vehicle” means a vehicle constructed or adapted to enable a person with a disability to travel in the vehicle as a driver or a passenger, in safety and reasonable comfort (and “disability” has the meaning given in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995[^f00030]);

“effective date” has the meaning given in Part 1 of Schedule 5;

“test report” means a report issued by a technical service (within the meaning of article 3(31) of the Framework Directive) which is sufficient to show that a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit complies with a requirement specified in column 1 of a table in the Schedule.

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A reference in a table in this Schedule to any numbered item is, except where otherwise provided, a reference to the item so numbered in that table.

PART 2 — Requirements for Vehicles of Category M1

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