Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1946

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1993

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1993 No. 1946

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1993

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1), (2) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988^[1] ("the 1988 Act") as read with section 43 of the 1988 Act, and being a Minister designated^[2] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^[3] in relation to the regulation of the construction and equipment of vehicles and of components of vehicles, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the 1988 Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:-

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st September 1993.

Preliminary
    2.—(1)  The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986^[4] shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

    (2)  The Secretary of State is satisfied that-
 (a) it is requisite that the provisions of regulation 3 shall apply as from 1st September 1993 to vehicles registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971^[5] before the expiration of 1 year from the making of these Regulations; and
 (b) notwithstanding that the said provisions would then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience would be caused thereby.

    (3)  The only provisions in these Regulations which are made in whole or in part in exercise of powers under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 alone or in addition to powers under the Road Traffic Act 1988 are regulation 3(1) and Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations and those provisions are so made only in so far as they enact-
 (a) paragraph (14) of and the definition of "equivalent standard" in regulation 36A of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 as substituted by those provisions; and
 (b) paragraph (15) of and the definition of "equivalent standard" in regulation 36B of those Regulations as substituted by those provisions.

Amendments
    3.—(1)  For regulations 36A and 36B, there shall be substituted the regulations set out in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations.

    (2)  For regulations 70A and 70B, there shall be substituted the regulation set out in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

    (3)  In Schedule 2, after item 66 of Table I there shall be inserted the following item-

67

92/24

31.3.92

L129, 14.5.92, p154

Speed limitation devices or similar speed limitation onboard certain categories of motor vehicles

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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Key

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport

29th July 1993

[1] 1988 c. 52; section 41 was amended by paragraph 50 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) and by Schedule 8 to that Act. back

[2] S.I. 1972/1811. back

[3] 1972 c. 68. back

[4] 1986/1078; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/271 and 1524, 1991/1527 and 1992/422. back

[5] 1971 c. 10; the Act was extended to Northern Ireland by section 10 of the Finance Act 1991 (c. 31). back

Explanatory Note