The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Amendments to regulation 3 (application)

4.—(1) Regulation 3 shall be amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (ee) there shall be substituted—

“(ee) a motor vehicle which is of a new or improved type provided that the conditions specified in paragraph (3) are satisfied;”.

(3) After paragraph (2) there shall be added—

“(3) The conditions referred to in paragraph (2)(ee) are that—

(a) the manufacturer of the vehicle has made an application—

(i) in respect of a type vehicle in accordance with regulation 7 for a type approval certificate, or

(ii) in respect of another vehicle (“the initial vehicle”) in accordance with regulation 8 for a Minister’s approval certificate;

(b) an appointment has been made for a final examination of the type vehicle or the initial vehicle (as the case may be);

(c) the vehicle conforms with the type vehicle or the initial vehicle(as the case may be) in such of the relevant aspects of design,construction, equipment and marking as are mentioned in the information document accompanying the application pursuant to regulation 7 or 8;

(d) the vehicle complies with the relevant type approval requirements specified in Schedule 1;

(e) the Secretary of State has been notified of the vehicle identification number;

(f) the vehicle—

(i) was at the date of manufacture owned by the manufacturer of the vehicle and has remained in his ownership,

(ii) has not been offered for sale by him,

(iii) has not been let or offered for letting under a hire agreement or a hire-purchase agreement, and

(iv) has not been used on a road for any purpose other than for, or in connection with, publicity, demonstration or evaluation of vehicles of the new or improved type; and

(g) the manufacturer of the vehicle intends that until pursuant to the application mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) there has been issued a type approval certificate or a Minister’s approval certificate (as the case may be), the vehicle—

(i) shall remain in his ownership,

(ii) shall not be offered for sale by him,

(iii) shall not be let or offered for letting under a hire agreement or a hire-purchase agreement, and

(iv) shall not be used on a road for any purpose other than for, or in connection with, publicity, demonstration or evaluation of vehicles of the new or improved type.”.