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The Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (Amendment) Order 1998
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- 1998 No. 2249
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This Order amends the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1979 to permit the use on roads of prototype vehicles which do not comply with all the requirements of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 and of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989. Such use is only permitted for the purpose of making an evaluation of the vehicle. The vehicle is required to comply with the requirements of the Regulations specified in Tables I and II in Article 16(6), subject to any modifications specified in the right hand column of each Table.
This Order has been notified to the European Commission pursuant to Directive 83/1989/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (OJ 1983 L109, p. 9) as amended by Council Directive 88/182/EEC of 22 March 1988 (OJ 1988 L81, p. 75) and European Parliament and Council Directive 94/10/EEC of 23 March 1994 (OJ 1994 L100, p. 30).
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