Approved devices2.

(1)

A device is an approved device for the purposes of section 44 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions) if it meets the scheduled requirements and it is of a type which has been certified by the Scottish Ministers as one which meets those requirements.

(2)

The Scottish Ministers must take a type of device as meeting the scheduled requirements if there has been produced to them evidence which satisfies them that it has been found by a competent authority in an EEA State or Turkey to be one which meets the requirements of an EEA standard which requires a level of performance equivalent to that required by the scheduled requirements.

(3)

In paragraph (2)—

(a)

“EEA standard” means—

(i)

a relevant standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State or Turkey2;

(ii)

any relevant international standard recognised for use as a standard by any EEA State or Turkey; or

(iii)

a technical specification or code of practice which, whether mandatory or not, is recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA State or Turkey; and

(b)

“EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.