The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Regulation 11

SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

1.—(1) Item 2 (radio suppression interference) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In column 3 paragraph 2 shall be omitted.

(3) In column 5 the second paragraph shall be omitted.

2.—(1) In item 3 (protective steering)—

(a) for column 4 there shall be substituted—

“For the purposes of this item—

“driver’s air-bag” means a flexible bag fitted to a vehicle and designed to be filled with gas under pressure in order to protect the driver in the event of a collision involving the front end of the vehicle.

“steering control” has the same meaning as in Directive 74/297/EEC.”; and

(b) in column 5 after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—

“Paragraph 1 shall not apply to a vehicle if—

(a) the vehicle is not one that meets the requirements of paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1;

(b) it is fitted with a driver’s air bag; and

(c) the driver’s air bag was fitted at the time the vehicle was manufactured.

Paragraph 1 shall not apply to any switch fitted to the steering control of a vehicle if—

(a) the vehicle is not one that meets the requirements of paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1; and

(b) the switch is an integral part of the steering control as originally fitted to the vehicle by its manufacturer and that it can be depressed into the steering control by finger pressure.”

3.  In item 4 (exhaust emissions)—

(a) in column 3 in paragraph 2(d) for the words “1st August 1994” there shall be substituted “1st August 1995”; and

(b) in column 4 in the definition of “effective date” for the words “paragraph 3 of Schedule 1” there shall be substituted “paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1”.

4.  In item 6 (lamps, reflectors and devices)—

(a) in column 3 for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

“(b) regulation 18 of those Regulations except so far as it requires a vehicle—

(i) to comply with paragraph 12(c) of Part I of Schedule 4 to those Regulations; and

(ii) to be fitted with a dim-dip device or running lamp;”; and

(b) for column 5 there shall be substituted—

“This item, in so far as it requires any lamp (not being a filament lamp), reflector or device to bear a particular standard mark (or one of two or more standard marks), shall not apply to a vehicle if—

(a) in the case of a lamp or device, it meets the requirements as to intensity; and

(b) in the case of a reflector, it meets the standards as to coefficient of luminous intensity, of the instrument to which the standard mark (or as the case may be one of those standard marks) relates.

This item, in so far as it requires compliance with regulation 14 of the 1989 Regulations (filament lamps), shall not apply to a lamp if by virtue of the preceding paragraphs it could comply with this item without bearing any standard mark.

This item, in so far as it requires the headlamps (including a filament lamp fitted to a headlamp) fitted to a vehicle to bear a particular standard mark (or one of two or more standard marks), shall not apply to headlamps that emit sufficient light to illuminate the road in front of the vehicle on both main and dipped beam.

In the case of a rear direction indicator which is one of a number of lamps having a common housing and fitted to a vehicle (not being a vehicle which meets the requirements of paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations) paragraph 2(b)(i) of Schedule 7 of the 1989 Regulations shall apply as if for “400mm” there were substituted “480mm”.”

5.  In item 7 (rear-view mirrors) in column 5 for sub-paragraph (c) of the fourth paragraph there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(c) Paragraph 4(b)(iii) shall not apply before 1st January 2001 in relation to a vehicle which is not a vehicle which meets the requirements of paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.”

6.  In item 10 (seat belt anchorages) in column 3 at the end of paragraph 1 there shall be inserted—

• “, as if for paragraph 4.3.3 there were substituted—

  “4.3.3. For outboard seating positions—other than front—of vehicles in the category M|infer|1 two lower anchorages are allowed.””

7.—(1) Item 12 (brakes) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In column 3 in paragraph 6(a) for the words “each axle” there shall be substituted “each steering axle”.

(3) In column 5 at the end there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

• “Paragraph 7 shall not apply to a vehicle (except one which meets the requirements of paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations) if the brakes acting on its rear wheels are fitted with an anti-lock device and were so fitted at the time of its manufacture.”

8.  In item 14 (glass in windscreens and other windows outside) for the entry in column 5 there shall be substituted—

• “The requirements of regulation 32(2) and (7) of the Construction and Use Regulations shall not apply to the glazing fitted to any window, if that glazing provides a level of safety equivalent to glazing which complies with the requirements set out in column 3 of this item.

• In relation to a vehicle fitted with a near-side exterior mirror (in addition to the obligatory off-side exterior mirror) which meets the requirements of item 7 (rear-view mirrors), the requirements of regulation 32(10) of those Regulations shall not apply to the glazing fitted to any window every part of which is behind the driver.”

9.  In item 15 (seats and their anchorages) in column 3 in paragraph 2 for the words “placed on the outside of the seat close to the door” there shall be substituted “shall be accessible from outside the vehicle when the door is open”.

10.—(1) Item 16 (tyres) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In column 4 the definition of “relevant vehicle” shall be omitted.

(3) In column 5—

(a) in the first paragraph for the words “relevant vehicle” there shall be substituted “vehicle”;

(b) in the second paragraph for the words “relevant vehicle” there shall be substituted “vehicle”; and

(c) for the third paragraph there shall be substituted—

• “Paragraph 3(c) and (d) shall not apply to a tyre fitted to a vehicle for which information on the load capacity and speed capability have been separately provided.”

11.—(1) Item 17 (interior fittings) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In column 4 at the end there shall be inserted—

““air bag” means a flexible bag fitted to a vehicle and designed to be filled with gas under pressure in order to protect the driver or a front seat passenger in the event of a collision involving the front of the vehicle.”

(3) In column 5—

(a) For the second paragraph there shall be substituted—

• “This item shall not apply to any area inside a vehicle which is not inside the head impact zone for any designated seating position. After 31st December 1999 this exemption shall be of no effect except in relation to a vehicle which is an ambulance or a motor caravan.”

(b) at the end there shall be added—

• “Paragraph 1 (in so far as it relates to the surface of an instrument panel) and paragraph 2 shall not apply to a vehicle if—

  (a)

  it is not a vehicle which meets the requirements of paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1;

  (b)

  it is fitted with air bags for the protection of the driver and the front seat passenger; and

  (c)

  those air bags were fitted at the time the vehicle was manufactured.”

12.—(1) Item 18 (external projections) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In column 5—

(a) in sub-paragraph (d) after the word “discs” there shall be inserted “(including central wheel securing nuts)”;

(b) the word “and” after sub-paragraph (f) shall be omitted; and

(c) after sub-paragraph (g) there shall be inserted

“; and

(h) except in the case of a vehicle that meets the requirements of paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1, any part of the external surface of the body (including without prejudice to the generality of this paragraph cosmetic features such as trim and badges) of the vehicle as originally manufactured, or as subsequently altered in a manner approved by the manufacturer, and which it is not reasonably practicable to remove.”

13.  In item 19 (speedometers) in column 3 in paragraph 1 at the end there shall be inserted the words “and capable of being read by the driver at all times of the day or night”.