Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (Amendment) Order 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/1662 |
| Year | 1989 |
1989No. 1662
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types)
(Amendment) Order 1989
8thSeptember1989
1stOctober1989
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 ( a) , and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (Amendment) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st October 1989.
2. The Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1979 ( b) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
3. In article 18(2)-
(a) in sub-paragraph (k)(i)(a) for "75, 76, 78 and 79" there shall be substituted "75, 76 and 78" ;(b) after sub-paragraph (k)(i)(a) there shall be inserted-"(aa) regulation 79 of the Construction and Use Regulations ( c) shall apply in the case of a vehicle with two or three closely spaced axles within the meaning of the Construction and Use Regulations; " ;(c) after sub-paragraph (k)(i)(b) there shall be added the following-"(c) in the case of a semi-trailer within the meaning of the Construction and Use Regulations of which the outermost axles of a group of four axles are spaced at a distance apart of 3.25m or less and the smallest distance between any two adjoining axles in the group is at least 0.87 m, the weight transmitted to the road surface by all the wheels of any one of those axles shall not exceed 6,000 kilograms; " ;(d) in sub-paragraph (p) in item 3 of the Table for the words "items 3, 4, 11, 15 and 18" there shall be substituted "items 4, 11, 15 and 18" ;(e) for sub-paragraph (r) the following shall be substituted-"(r) a vehicle or combination of vehicles in Category 2 or Category 3, if manufactured on or after 1st October 1989, shall have a braking system complying with the construction, fitting and performance requirements set out in relation to category N3 motor vehicles and O4 trailers in Annexes I, II and VII to Council Directive 71/320/EEC ( d) as amended by Council Directive 74/132/EEC ( e) , 75/524/EEC ( f) 79/489/EEC ( g) , 85/647/EEC ( h) and(a) 1988 c.52.
(b) S.I. 1979/1198; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/1327 and 2161.
(c) The expression "Construction and Use Regulations" is defined for the purposes of article 18 of S.I. 1979/1198 by article 18(1A)(a) of that S.I. which was inserted by S.I. 1987/1327, article 7.
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