CHAPTER I U.K. SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 2 U.K. Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to the following:

(a) motor vehicles of category M₁ as defined in [F1 Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858], subject to paragraph 2 of this Article;

(b) motor vehicles of category N₁ as defined in [F1 Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858], subject to paragraph 2 of this Article;

(c) frontal protection systems fitted as original equipment to the vehicles referred to in points (a) and (b) or supplied as separate technical units intended for fitting to such vehicles.

2. Sections 2 and 3 of Annex I to this Regulation shall not apply to:

(a) vehicles of category N₁; and

(b) vehicles of category M₁ derived from N₁ and of maximum mass exceeding 2 500 kg;

where the driver position ‘R-point’ is either forward of the front axle or longitudinally rearwards of the front axle transverse centreline by a maximum of 1 100 mm.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (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), 50(2)