The Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 1996

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and Commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II PASSENGER VEHICLES

    1. 3.Application of Part II

    2. 4.Approval requirements relating to relevant passenger vehicles

  4. PART III GOODS VEHICLES

    1. 5.Application of Part III

    2. 6.Approval requirements relating to relevant goods vehicles

  5. PART IV MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 7.Application for Minister’s approval certificate

    2. 8.Assignment of vehicle identification numbers

    3. 9.Criteria for determining design weights

    4. 10.Appeals

    5. 11.Refusal of application or appeal without an examination or a complete examination

    6. 12.Form of certificate

    7. 13.Notices

    8. 14.Obligatory certificates

    9. 15.Licences not be issued for vehicles unless appropriate certificates are in force

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS-SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS

      1. 1.Vehicles entering into service in very low numbers

      2. 2.Vehicles imported by individuals for their or their dependants' personal use

      3. 3.Vehicles constructed for the personal use of the constructor etc.

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RELEVANT PASSENGER VEHICLES

      1. APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 2 (Item 7, Rear-view Mirrors)

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RELEVANT GOODS VEHICLES

    4. SCHEDULE 4

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      COMMUNITY INSTRUMENTS AND ECE REGULATIONS

      1. PART I References to Community Instruments

        1. 1.(1) The Directives referred to in these Regulations are set...

        2. 2.(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, where a vehicle...

        3. 3.References to ECE Regulations

        4. 4.(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, where a vehicle...

        5. 5.In these Regulations, “ECE Regulation” means a Regulation annexed to...

      2. PART II REFERENCES TO COMMUNITY DIRECTIVES

      3. PART III REFERENCES TO ECE REGULATIONS

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      MEANING OF TRANSITIONAL PROVISION VEHICLE

      1. 1.In these Regulations, a vehicle is a “transitional provision vehicle”...

      2. 2.Those requirements are that— (a) the application has either not...

      3. 3.For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) a reference to...

  8. Explanatory Note