The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009

1.  In this Part—

“existing type”, in relation to a vehicle, means a type of vehicle—

(a)

in respect of which a national type approval certificate or a single vehicle approval certificate is granted before the mandatory new types date, or

(b)

which is or has been in production before the mandatory new types date and for which no national type approval requirements have been prescribed at that date;

“mandatory existing types date”, in relation to a class of vehicle described in column (1) of Table 3, means the date specified in column (3) of that table in relation to that class;

“mandatory new types date”, in relation to a class of vehicle described in column (1) of Table 3, means the date specified in column (2) of that table in relation to that class;

“national type approval certificate” means a certificate issued under—

(a)

section 55(2) of the 1988 Act, or

(b)

article 31A(2) of the 1981 Order(1);

“national type approval requirements” means requirements prescribed under—

(a)

section 54(1) of the 1988 Act, or

(b)

article 31A(1) of the 1981 Order;

“new type of vehicle” means a type of vehicle which is not an existing type;

“single vehicle approval certificate” means—

(a)

a Minister’s approval certificate issued in accordance with section 58(1) or (4) of the 1988 Act, or

(b)

a Department’s approval certificate issued in accordance with article 31A(4) or (5) of the 1981 Order;

“type”, in relation to a vehicle, means—

(a)

a class of vehicles in a vehicle category the members of which do not differ in at least the essential respects specified in Section B of Annex II to the Framework Directive, including variants or versions of that class as defined in Section B of Annex II, and

(b)

a particular vehicle which is not a member of any class of that description.

(1)

Article 31A was inserted by S.I. 1985/755 (N.I.6) and amended by S.I 1995/2994 (N.I.18), S.R.(NI) 1993/246 and S.I. 2003/1099.