Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (“the 1986 Regulations”).
Regulation 4 and the Schedule insert into the 1986 Regulations a new regulation 93A which applies with modifications to certain vehicles carrying explosives, the supplementary braking requirements contained in the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (“the ADR Agreement”).
Regulation 3 amends regulation 4 of the 1986 Regulations so as to exempt vehicles in the service of a visiting force or a headquarters from the new regulation 93A.
Regulation 5 makes a consequential amendment to Table II of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Regulations (ECE Regulations).
These Regulations have been notified to the European Commission pursuant to Directive 83/189/EEC of 28th March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (O.J. 1983 L109, p. 9) as amended by Council Directive 88/182/EEC of 22nd March 1988 (O.J. 1988 L81, p. 75) and European Parliament and Council Directive 94/10/EEC of 23rd March 1994 (O.J. 1994 L100, p. 30).
Copies of the ADR Agreement and of Directives and ECE Regulations can be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.