Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1986/1078 |
| Year | 1986 |
1986 No. 1078
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
Made 25th June 1986
Laid before Parliament 18th July 1986
Coming into Operation 11th August 1986
1:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Commencement and citation
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 11th August 1986, and may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.
Revocation
2. The Regulations specified in Schedule 1 are hereby revoked.
Interpretation
3.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a)
(a) any reference to a numbered regulation or a numbered Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations,
(b)
(b) any reference to a numbered or lettered paragraph or sub-paragraph is a reference to the paragraph or sub-paragraph bearing that number or letter in the regulation or Schedule or (in the case of a sub-paragraph) paragraph in which the reference occurs, and
(c)
(c) any reference to a Table, or to a numbered Table, is a reference to the Table, or to the Table bearing that number, in the regulation or Schedule in which that reference occurs.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the expressions specified in column 1 of the Table have the meaning, or are to be interpreted in accordance with the provisions, specified for them in column 2 of the Table.
TABLE
(regulation 3(2))
1 |
2 |
Expression |
Meaning |
The 1972 Act |
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The 1981 Act |
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The 1984 Act |
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The Approval Marks Regulations |
The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 19792. |
The Lighting Regulations |
The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1984. |
The Plating and Testing Regulations |
The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 19823. |
The Type Approval Regulations |
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 19804. |
The Type Approval (Great Britain) Regulations |
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984 5. |
The Type Approval for Goods Vehicles Regulations |
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 19826. |
The Type Approval for Agricultural Vehicles Regulations |
The Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 19797. |
The Act of Accession |
the Treaty concerning the Accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community8 |
agricultural motor vehicle |
a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted for use off roads for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture or forestry and which is primarily used for one or more of those purposes, not being a dual-purpose vehicle. |
agricultural trailer |
a trailer which is constructed or adapted for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture or forestry and which is only used for one or more of those purposes, not being an agricultural trailed appliance. |
agricultural trailed appliance |
a trailer— (a) which is an implement constructed or adapted— (i) for use off roads for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture or forestry and which is only used for one or more of those purposes, and (ii) so that, save in the case of an appliance manufactured before 1st December 1985, or a towed roller, its maximum gross weight is not more than twice its unladen weight; but (b) which is not— (i) a vehicle which is used primarily as living accommodation by one or more persons, and which carries no goods or burden except those needed by such one or more persons for the purpose of their residence in the vehicle; or (ii) an agricultural, horticultural or forestry implement rigidly but not permanently mounted on any vehicle whether or not any of the weight of the implement is supported by one or more of its own wheels; so however that such an implement is an agricultural trailed appliance if —part of the weight of the implement is supported by one or more of its own wheels, and —the longitudinal axis of the greater part of the implement is capable of articulating in the horizontal plane in relation to the longitudinal axis of the rear portion of the vehicle on which it is mounted. |
agricultural trailed appliance conveyor |
an agricultural trailer which— (a) has an unladen weight which does not exceed 510 kg; (b) is clearly and indelibly marked with its unladen weight; (c) has a pneumatic tyre fitted to each one of its wheels; (d) is designed and constructed for the purpose of conveying one agricultural trailed appliance or one agricultural, horticultural or forestry implement. |
articulated bus |
a bus so constructed that— (a) it can be divided into two parts, both of which are vehicles and one of which is a motor vehicle, but cannot be so divided without the use of facilities normally available only at a workshop; and (b) passengers carried by it can at all times pass from either part to the other. |
articulated vehicle |
a heavy motor car or motor car, not being an articulated bus, with a trailer so attached that part of the trailer is superimposed on the drawing vehicle and, when the trailer is uniformly loaded, not less than 20% of the weight of its load is borne by the drawing vehicle. |
axle |
any reference to the number of axles of a vehicle is to be interpreted in accordance with paragraph (8). |
axle weight |
in relation to each axle of a vehicle, the sum of the weights transmitted to the road surface by all the wheels of that axle, having regard to the provisions of paragraph (8). |
braking efficiency |
the maximum braking force capable of being developed by the brakes of a vehicle, expressed as a percentage of the weight of the vehicle including any persons or load carried in the vehicle. |
braking system |
is to be interpreted in accordance with paragraph (6). |
bus |
a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted to carry more than eight seated passengers in addition to the driver. |
cc |
cubic centimetre(s). |
close-coupled |
in relation to wheels on the same side of a trailer, fitted so that at all times while the trailer is in motion they remain parallel to the longitudinal axis of the trailer, and that the distance between the centres of their respective areas of contract with the road surface does not exceed 1 m. |
closely-spaced |
(i) in the case of two axles, that they are spaced at a distance apart of not more than 2.5 m and not less than 1.02 m; and (ii) in the case of three axles, that the outermost axles are spaced at a distance apart of 3.25 m or less and no one of those three axles has a plated weight of more than 7500 kg; the said distance being obtained as provided in paragraph (10). |
cm |
centimetre(s). |
cm2 |
square centimetre(s). |
Community Directive, followed by a number |
the Directive adopted by the Council or the Commission of the European Communities of which identifying particulars are given in the item in column 3 of Table I in Schedule 2 in which that number appears in column 2; where such a Directive amends a previous Directive mentioned in column 3(d) of the Table the reference to it means that previous Directive as so amended. Any reference to a Directive which has been amended by the Act of Accession is a reference to the Directive as so amended. |
the Community Recording Equipment Regulation |
Council Regulation (EEC) 1463/70 of 20th July 1970 on the introduction of recording equipment in road transport, as amended by Council Regulations (EEC) 1787/73 and 2828/77, and as read with the Community Road Transport Rules (Exemption) Regulations 1978 and the Community Road Transport Rules (Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1980. |
composite trailer |
a combination of a converter dolly and a semi-trailer. |
container |
an article of equipment, not being a motor vehicle or trailer, having a volume of at least 8 cubic metres, constructed wholly or mostly of metal and intended for repeated use for the carriage of goods or burden. |
converter dolly |
a trailer which is— (a) equipped with two or more wheels, (b) designed to enable a semi-trailer to move without any part of its weight being directly superimposed on the drawing vehicle, and (c) not itself a part either of the semi-trailer or of the drawing vehicle. |
Council Regulation (EEC), followed by a number |
the Regulation adopted by the Council of the European Communities. |
deck |
a floor or platform on which seats are provided for the accommodation of passengers. |
design weight |
in relation to the gross weight, each axle weight or the train weight of a motor vehicle or trailer, the weight at or below which in the opinion of the Secretary of State or of a person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State the vehicle could safely be driven on roads. |
double-decked vehicle |
a vehicle having two decks one of which is wholly or partly above the other and each of which is provided with a gangway serving seats on that deck only. |
dual-purpose vehicle |
a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage both of passengers and of goods or burden of any description, being a vehicle of which the unladen weight does not exceed 2040 kg, and which either— (i) is so constructed or adapted that the driving power of the engine is, or by the appropriate use of the controls of the vehicle can be, transmitted to all the wheels of the vehicle; or (ii) satisfies the following conditions as to construction, namely— (a) the vehicle must be permanently fitted with a rigid roof, with or without a sliding panel; (b) the area of the vehicle to the rear of the driver's seat must— (i) be permanently fitted with at least one row of transverse seats (fixed or folding) for two or more passengers and those seats must be properly sprung or cushioned and... |
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