The Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974

Approved safety cabs

3.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, the Ministers may approve a safety cab of any model for use with a tractor of any description by issuing a certificate of approval to the manufacturer of the safety cab approving the use of safety cabs of that model when fitted to tractors of that description.

(2) Before issuing a certificate of approval the Ministers shall be satisfied that safety cabs of the model to which it relates would be capable of satisfying the requirements relating to protective cabs set out in British Standard Specification No. B.S. 4063: 1973(1) when fitted to tractors of descriptions specified in the certificate.

(3) In the case of a certificate of approval issued on or after 1st September 1977 the Ministers shall further be satisfied, and in the case of a certificate issued before that date may be so satisfied, before issuing the certificate, that the noise levels inside safety cabs of the model to which it relates, when fitted to tractors of descriptions specified in the certificate, would not be more than 90 dBA if tested in accordance with British Standard Specification No. B.S. 4063: 1973.

(4) Where a certificate of approval is issued for any model of safety cab in respect of which the Ministers have been satisfied as to the matters specified in paragraph (3) above, the fact shall be stated in the certificate.

(5) While a safety cab is fitted to a tractor which is or has been new on or after 1st June 1976, or where a safety cab itself is or has been new on or after 1st September 1977, it shall not be an approved safety cab for the purpose of these regulations unless the Ministers have been satisfied as to the matters specified in paragraph (3) above in relation to safety cabs of that model, and the fact is stated in the certificate of approval.

(6) A certificate of approval may prescribe specifications for the construction of safety cabs of the model to which it relates, and unless a safety cab is constructed in accordance with any specifications so prescribed it shall not be a safety cab of that model.

(7) Such specifications may be prescribed by reference to documents other than the certificate of approval, by reference to specimens of safety cabs or materials, and in any other manner.

(8) An approved safety cab shall cease to be approved if it is materially changed as a result of damage, alteration, neglect or any other cause.

(9) The Ministers may at any time by notice in writing to the manufacturer, given not less than one month before it is due to take effect, amend or revoke a certificate of approval.

(10) It shall be a condition of every certificate of approval that the manufacturer to whom it is issued—

(a) shall cause every safety cab approved under the certificate to be marked with the correct approval mark and supplementary marks before it is sold or let on hire; and

(b) shall on request, at any reasonable time before sale, whether during or after manufacture,

(i) make available for inspection by or on behalf of the Ministers any safety cab manufactured by him;

(ii) submit to such tests as the Ministers may require any safety cab which purports to be or is intended to be approved under the certificate.

(11) The Ministers shall not require a safety cab to be tested under paragraph (10) above unless in their opinion there is reason to believe either that the safety cab is not a safety cab of the model to which the certificate relates or that it is not capable of satisfying the British Standard Specification referred to in paragraph (2) above.

(12) Where a manufacturer fails to comply with a condition of a certificate imposed on him by paragraph (10) above, the Ministers may by notice given to him in writing revoke the certificate forthwith.

(13) Amendment or revocation of a certificate of approval shall not affect any approved safety cab sold before the amendment or revocation takes effect.

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Specification for requirements and testing of protective cabs and frames for agricultural wheeled tractors; published by the British Standards Institution, 2 Park Street London, W1A 2B.