1988 No. 1871
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1988
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 40(1) and (3) of the Road Traffic Act 19721, read with section 41, now vested in him2, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 199(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citations, Commencement and Introduction
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989.
2
1
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 19863 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 of these Regulations (being provisions which vary the requirements as regards the construction of certain classes of vehicles) shall apply as from 1st January 1989 to vehicles registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 19714 before the expiration of one year from the making of these Regulations; and
b
notwithstanding that the said provisions will then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience will be caused thereby.
Amendments to regulation 8 (Width)3
In the Table in paragraph (1) of regulation 8, “2·58” in column 3 of item 2 there shall be substituted “2·60”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
(This note is not part of the Regulations)