The Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1995 Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

“Council Directive 93/14” means Council Directive 93/14/EEC of 5^th April 1993 on the braking of two or three wheel motor vehicles(1);

“EEA State” means a State which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2^nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17^th March 1993;

“electrically assisted pedal cycle” means a vehicle prescribed for the purposes of Article 6(1) of the 1995 Order in accordance with regulation 3;

“manufacturer” means, in the case of a vehicle which has been altered so as to become an electrically assisted pedal cycle, the person who made that alteration;

“Regulation (EU) No 168/2013” means Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15^th January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two or three wheel vehicles and quadricycles(2) as supplemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 3/2014 of 24^th October 2013(3);

“the 1971 British Standard” means the specification for motors for battery operated vehicles published by the British Standards Institution under the reference 1727: 1971(4) as amended by Amendment Slip No.1 published on 31^st January 1973, Amendment Slip No.2 published on 31^st July 1974 and Amendment Slip No.3 published on 31^st March 1978; and

“the 2015 BS EN Standard” means the specification for safety requirements for city and trekking, young adult, mountain and racing bicycles published by the British Standards Institution under the reference BS EN ISO 4210-2:2015(5).

(2) Any requirement in these Regulations for an electrically assisted pedal cycle to comply with a specified standard shall be satisfied by compliance with—

(a) any relevant standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State or the Republic of Turkey;

(b) any relevant international standard recognised for use in any EEA State or the Republic of Turkey; or

(c) any relevant technical regulation with mandatory or de facto mandatory application for marketing or use in any EEA State or the Republic of Turkey,

in so far as the standard, code of practice or technical regulation in question enables the specified standard to be met in a manner equivalent to that prescribed by Regulation (EU) No 168/2013.

(1)

O.J. No. L121, 15.5.1993, p1

(2)

O.J. No. L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 52

(3)

O.J. No. L 7, 10.1.2014, p. 1-12

(4)

ISBN 0 580 06861 7; Copies can be obtained from the British Standards Institution at www.bsigroup.com

(5)

ISBN 978 0 580 89360 5; Copies can be obtained from the British Standards Institution at www.bsigroup.com