For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
‘vehicle type with regard to vehicle access and manoeuvrability’ means vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as:
the characteristics of running boards, access steps and handholds;
the characteristics of the reversing device.
‘off-road vehicle (ORV)’ means a vehicle in conformity with the criteria set out in Part A of [F1Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/858];
‘floor entrance’ means the lowest point of the door aperture or other structure whichever of the two is higher, which a person has to clear in terms of height in order to enter the passenger compartment.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 2(2) 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), 68(3)