Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Meaning of “non-type approval end of series vehicle” in paragraph 1

7.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1 a vehicle is a non-type approval end of series vehicle, in relation to an item if it meets the requirements of sub-paragraph (2) in relation to the item.

(2) A vehicle meets the requirements of this sub-paragraph in relation to the item if—

(a)it is a vehicle to which the Northern Ireland Regulations do not apply;

(b)it was manufactured during the relevant period;

(c)no EC certificate of conformity has been issued in respect of the vehicle;

(d)it was in the territory of a relevant state at some time before the end of the relevant period; and

(e)the number of relevant vehicles which were both—

(i)manufactured before that vehicle was manufactured, and

(ii)still in existence on the date specified in column 3 in the item,

is less than the specified number, or 50, whichever is the greater.