1982 No. 444
CONSUMER PROTECTION

The Filament Lamps for Vehicles (Safety) Regulations 1982

Made
Laid before Parliament in draft
Coming into Operation

Whereas the Secretary of State has, in accordance with the provisions of section 1(4) of the Consumer Safety Act 1978, consulted with such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, the Health and Safety Commission and such other persons as he considers appropriate:

And whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the said Act and now vested in him1, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Filament Lamps for Vehicles (Safety) Regulations 1982.

(2)

These Regulations shall come into operation on the expiry of a period of six months beginning on the day on which these Regulations are made.

2.

(1)

No person shall supply, offer to supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply any filament lamp of a type to which an ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in an item in column 2 of the Table below applies unless it is marked with the marking designated as an 0approval mark by the provisions in the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 19792 mentioned in relation to that item in column 3 of that Table.
TABLE

1

2

3

Item No.

ECE Regulation or Community Instrument

Provisions in the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979

1

ECE Regulation No. 2

Regulation 4 and item 2 or 2A in Schedule 2.

2

ECE Regulation No. 8

Regulation 4 and item 8 in Schedule 2.

3

ECE Regulation No. 20

Regulation 4 and item 20 in Schedule 2.

4

ECE Regulation No. 37

Regulation 4 and item 37 or 37A in Schedule 2.

5

Council Directive 76/761/EEC of 27th July 1976

Regulation 5 and item 18 in Schedule 4.

(2)

In this Regulation “ECE Regulation” has the meaning given in Regulation 3(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979.

3.

The prohibition specified in Regulation 2(1) above relates only to a filament lamp as an entity separate from, and not as part of, a lamp unit or a vehicle.

David Howell
Secretary of State for Transport
EXPLANATORY NOTE
  1. 1.

    These Regulations prohibit a person from supplying, offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply or possessing for supply any filament lamp of a type to which an ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in an item in column 2 of the Table to Regulation 2 applies unless it is marked with a marking designated as an approval mark by the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979.

  2. 2.

    The following Table is added as a matter of convenience. Where the number of an item in the Table to Regulation 2(1) is specified in column 2 in an item in the Table below, the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument mentioned in the item in the Table to Regulation 2(1) categorises the filament lamps to which it relates by the letters and numbers specified in the item in column 3 of the Table below. The type of lamp (as described in the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument) in which a filament lamp so categorised is normally used is indicated in the relevant item in column 4 of the Table below, and the rated wattage of such a filament lamp as specified in the ECE Regulation or Community Instrument is as shown in that item in column 5 of that Table. Where, in column 6 of the Table below, a number is shown that number is the one usually given to the filament lamp as a matter of trade practice.

    TABLE

    1.

    2.

    3.

    4.

    5.

    6.

    Item No.

    Number of item in Table to Regulation 2(1)

    Category—letters and numbers—provided by ECE Regulation 37

    Type of lamp in which filament lamp is normally used

    Rated wattage specified in ECE Regulation or Community Instrument

    Numbers given to filament lamps in trade practice

    6 volts

    12 volts

    24 volts

    6 volts

    12 volts

    24 volts

    1.

    1, 4 and 5

    R2

    Headlamp

    45/40

    45/40

    55/50

    423.424

    410.411

    428.429

    2.

    2 and 4

    H1

    Headlamp & auxiliary lamp

    55

    55

    70

    465

    448

    466

    3.

    2 and 4

    H2

    Headlamp & auxiliary lamp

    55

    55

    70

    —

    479

    482

    4.

    2 and 4

    H3

    Headlamp & auxiliary lamp

    55

    55

    70

    455

    453

    460

    5.

    3 and 4

    H4

    Headlamp

    —

    60/55

    75/70

    —

    472.476

    475.478

    6.

    4

    F1

    Auxiliary lamp

    36

    48

    44

    173

    323

    330.606

    7.

    4

    F2

    Auxiliary lamp

    35

    35

    35

    —

    —

    —

    8.

    4

    F3

    Auxiliary lamp

    45

    45

    50

    —

    —

    —

    9.

    4

    P25-1

    Direction indicator, stop, rear fog or reversing lamp

    21

    21

    21

    317.319

    335.382

    241.290

    291.346

    10.

    4

    P25-2

    Stop or rear position lamp

    21/5

    21/5

    21/5

    384

    380.927

    294

    11.

    4

    R19/5

    Front, rear position, side marker or number plate lamp

    5

    5

    5

    205.206

    207.209

    225.226

    928

    149.150

    247.248

    12.

    4

    R19/10

    Number plate lamp

    10

    10

    10

    244

    245

    246

    13.

    4

    C11

    Rear lamp

    5

    5

    5

    —

    239

    242

    14.

    4

    C15

    Reversing lamp

    —

    21

    —

    —

    273

    —

    15.

    4

    T8/4

    Position and number plate lamp

    4

    4

    4

    293

    233.929

    249

    16.

    4

    W10/5

    Position and number plate lamp

    5

    5

    5

    —

    501.930

    507

    17.

    4

    W10/3

    Side repeater lamp

    3

    3

    3

    —

    504

    505