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The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Revocation

    3. 3.Interpretation: general

    4. 4.Interpretation of expressions relating to vehicles

    5. 5.Scope of the Regulations

  3. PART 2 CONDITIONS FOR LICENSING OR ENTRY INTO SERVICE OF VEHICLES

    1. Conditions relating to motor vehicles

      1. 6.Grant of first licence or registration of motor vehicles

    2. Conditions relating to trailers

      1. 7.Consent to supply of large trailers for use on a road

      2. 8.Records of large trailers

      3. 9.Records of small trailers

      4. 10.Meaning of “pertinent information”

    3. Offences for breach of conditions

      1. 11.Trailers: offences

  4. PART 3 EC TYPE APPROVAL GRANTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE

    1. EC type approvals

      1. 12.Applications for grant of EC type approval

      2. 13.Grant of EC type approval: obligations of approval authority

      3. 14.Amendments to EC type approvals

      4. 15.EC certificates of conformity and approval marks

      5. 16.Tests and associated checks

      6. 17.Duty to co-operate with approval authority

      7. 18.Information for users and other manufacturers

      8. 19.Withdrawal or suspension of EC type approval

      9. 20.EC type approval of small series

    2. Unsafe or harmful vehicles and vehicle parts

      1. 21.Powers of the approval authority where a vehicle is a serious risk to road safety, etc

      2. 22.Parts and equipment which may pose a significant risk to the correct functioning of essential systems

      3. 23.Recall of vehicles

  5. PART 4 NATIONAL SMALL SERIES TYPE APPROVAL AND INDIVIDUAL APPROVAL

    1. National small series type approvals

      1. 24.Applications for national small series type approval

      2. 25.Grant of national small series type approval

      3. 26.Recognition of national type approvals of small series granted in other member States

    2. Individual approval

      1. 27.Individual approval

    3. Forms of certificate

      1. 28.Forms of certificates: national type approval of small series and individual approval

  6. PART 5 VALIDITY OF APPROVALS AND END-OF SERIES VEHICLES

    1. 29.Validity of EC type approvals

    2. 30.Validity of national small series type approvals

    3. 31.End-of-series vehicles for EC type approval

    4. 32.End-of-series vehicles for national small series type approval

  7. PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS

    1. Enforcement

      1. 33.Forgery, false statements, etc

      2. 34.Powers of entry

    2. Reviews and appeals

      1. 35.Duty to give reasons etc

      2. 36.Review of decisions on type approval applications

      3. 37.Applications for individual approvals: appeals

    3. Other miscellaneous provisions

      1. 38.Duplicate certificates

      2. 39.Service of notices

      3. 40.Provision of testing stations

      4. 41.Designation of technical services

      5. 42.Saving for applications made under the 1998 Regulations

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Regulations Revoked

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Interpretation of Requirements in Regulatory Acts

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Transitional Provisions

      1. PART 1 Application of Regulations to Vehicles in Different Categories

      2. PART 2 The Alternative Conditions and Temporary Exemption for the Purposes of Regulation 6

      3. PART 3 Alternative Requirements for the Purposes of Regulations 7 to 10

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Technical and Administrative Requirements for Grant of National Small Series Type Approval

      1. PART 1 Interpretation

      2. PART 2 Requirements for Vehicles of Category M1

      3. PART 3 Requirements for Vehicles of Category N1

      4. PART 4 Requirements for Vehicles of Categories M2, M3, N2, N3 and O

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Technical and Administrative Requirements for Grant of Individual Approval

      1. PART 1 General Provisions

      2. PART 2 Requirements for Part 2 Vehicles

      3. PART 3 Requirements for Part 3 Vehicles

      4. PART 4 Requirements for Other Vehicles

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Forms of Certificate: National Small Series Type Approval and Individual Approval

      1. PART 1 National Small Series Type Approval Certificate

      2. PART 2 Individual Approval Certificate

  10. Explanatory Note

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