Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987/676 |
| Year | 1987 |
1987 No. 676
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1987
Made 7th April 1987
Laid before Parliament 15th April 1987
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 40(1) and (3) of the Road Traffic Act 19721, now vested in him2, and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 199(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and introduction
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1987.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force for the purposes of regulation 13 on 1st April 1988 and for all other purposes on 6th May 1987.
2. The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 19863shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
Amendments relating to Ministry plates
3. In the Table in regulation 3(2), in the definition of “Ministry plate” for the words “, the said particulars being those shown in the plating certificate for the vehicle” there shall be substituted the words “or Schedule 10A”.
4. After Schedule 10 there shall be inserted as Schedule 10A the schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Amendments relating to semi-trailers with driven wheels
5. In regulation 3(2), to the meaning of the expression “semi-trailer” specified in column 2 of the Table there shall be added the following words–
“including (without prejudice to the generality of that) a vehicle which is not itself a motor vehicle but which has some or all of its wheels driven by the drawing vehicle”.
6. In regulation 51, the following new paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (2)–
“2A This regulation also applies to a wheeled goods vehicle, whether of a description falling within paragraph (2) or not, which is a semi-trailer some or all of the wheels of which are driven by the drawing vehicle.”.
Amendments relating to braking systems
7. In regulation 15–
(a) in paragraph (1), after the words “paragraphs (2), (3)” there shall be inserted the words “except sub-paragraph (b)(ii)”;
(b) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following new paragraphs–
“1A Save as provided in paragraphs (2), (3)(b) and (c), (3A) and (5), the braking system of every wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table which is first used on or after the relevant date shall comply with the construction, fitting and performance requirements specified in Annexes I, II and VII to Community Directive 85/647, and if relevant, Annexes III, IV, V, VI, VIII, X, XI and XII to that Directive, in relation to the category of vehicles specified in that item in column 3.Provided that it shall be lawful for any vehicle of such a class which was first used before 1st April 1989 to comply with the said requirements instead of complying with regulations 15(1), 16 and 17.
1B In paragraph (1A), the relevant date in relation to a vehicle in category M1, M2 or N1 is 1st April 1990, and in relation to a vehicle in any other category is 1st April 1989.”;
(c) in paragraph (2), for the words “paragraph (1)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (1) and (1A)”;
(d) in paragraph (3)–
(i) for the words “paragraph (1)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (1) and (1A)”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “the said Community Directive” there shall be substituted the words “Community Directive 79/489”;
(iii) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following new sub-paragraph–
“(b)
“(b) in items 2 and 3–
(i) the requirements specified in paragraph 1.1.4.2 of Annex II to Community Directive 79/489; and
(ii) sub-note (2) to paragraph 1.17.2 of Annex I to Community Directive 85/647,
shall not apply;”; and
(iv) in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d), for the words “the said Community Directive” there shall be substituted the words “Community Directive 79/489”;
(e) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph–
“3A The requirements specified in paragraph (1A) shall apply to a road tanker subject to the exclusion of paragraph 4.3 of Annex X to Community Directive 85/647.”;
(f) in paragraph (4), for the words “the preceding provisions” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (1)”; and
(g) after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following new paragraphs–
“5 Instead of complying with paragraph (1A) of this regulation, a vehicle to which this regulation applies may comply with Community Directive 85/647 or ECE Regulation 13.05.
6 In paragraph (3A) the expression “road tanker” means any vehicle or trailer which carries liquid fuel in a tank forming part of the vehicle or trailer other than that containing the fuel which is used to propel the vehicle, and also includes any tank with a capacity exceeding 3mu23 carried on a vehicle.
7 In this regulation, and in relation to the application to any vehicle of any provision of Community Directive 85/647, the definitions of “semi-trailer”, “full trailer” and “centre-axle trailer” set out in that Directive shall apply and the meaning of “semi-trailer” in column 2 of the...
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