The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020

Interpretation of Part U.K.

26.—(1) In this Part—

“large trailer” means a trailer constructed or adapted for the carriage of goods—

(a)

which is—

(i)

a semi-trailer of any weight, or

(ii)

a trailer other than a semi-trailer or converter dolly the unladen weight of which exceeds 1020kg, and

(b)

which is not a vehicle of a description listed in—

(i)

Schedule 2 to the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 M1 , or

(ii)

Schedule 2 to the Goods Vehicle (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 M2 ;

“pertinent information” means—

(a)

the principal information, or

(b)

when the alternative conditions apply, the alternative information.

“principal information” is—

(a)

the name and address and (if any) the company registration number of the manufacturer;

(b)

the manufacturer's designation (make and model) of the trailer;

(c)

the month and year when manufacture of the vehicle was completed;

(d)

the vehicle identification (VIN) number;

(e)

the number of—

(i)

the type approval, or

(ii)

the individual approval certificate;

(f)

in the case of a large trailer, the date of any certificate of conformity issued in respect of the vehicle;

(g)

in the case of a small trailer—

(i)

a copy of any certificate of conformity issued in respect of the vehicle,

(ii)

the date of supply, and

(iii)

the name and address of the purchaser;

(h)

[F1 whether the trailer is to be kept, or normally kept, at a place in Great Britain, in Northern Ireland, or in either jurisdiction;]

“small trailer” means a trailer which is not a large trailer.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation—

• “alternative conditions” are the conditions applied by virtue of Schedule 3;

• “alternative information” is the information specified in Schedule 3;

• “converter dolly” means a trailer which—

  (a)

  is equipped with two or more wheels,

  (b)

  is designed to be used in combination with a semi-trailer without any part of the weight of the semi-trailer being borne by the drawing vehicle, and

  (c)

  is not in itself part of the semi-trailer or the drawing vehicle when being so used;

• “semi-trailer” means a trailer which is constructed or adapted to form part of an articulated vehicle.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 26(1) inserted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 15(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 26 in force at 1.9.2020, see reg. 1(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1988/1478. Schedule 2 was amended by S.I. 1991/252, 1995/1456, 2001/307, 2002/487, 2003/1816, 2005/2343, 2011/3058 and 2017/849.

M2 S.R. 2003 No. 304. Schedule 2 was amended by S.R. 2013 No. 218 and 2018 No. 86.