SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENTS OF ACTS AND ORDERS
Amendment of the 1988 Act
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In the side note to section 64A (failure to hold EC certificate of conformity for unregistered light passenger vehicle), after “light passenger vehicle” insert “or motor cycle”.
2
In subsection (1) of that section, after “light passenger vehicle” insert “or a vehicle to which the motorcycle type approval Directive applies”.
3
In subsection (2) of that section for “the use of a vehicle” substitute “the use of a light passenger vehicle”.
4
After subsection (2) of that section insert–
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A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section in respect of the use of a vehicle to which the motorcycle type approval Directive applies if he proves that the vehicle was one in respect of which the grant of a licence or nil licence under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 was not prohibited by regulation 16 of the Motor Cycles Etc. (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1999.
5
At the end of that section add–
6
In the application of this section to a vehicle to which the motorcycle type approval Directive applies, any reference to a member State includes a reference to an EEA State.