1989 No. 1695
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1989
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 19881, as read with section 43 of that Act and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195 (2) of that Act hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and Commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 30th October 1989.
Preliminary2
1
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 19862 shall be further amended in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
2
The Secretary of State is satisfied that —
a
it is requisite that the provisions of regulations 3 and 4 shall apply as from 30 October 1989 to vehicles registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 19713 before the expiration of one year from the making of these Regulations; and
b
notwithstanding that the said provisions will then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience will be caused thereby.
Amendments to regulation 51 (sideguards)3
At the end of regulation 51, there shall be added the following paragraph —
9
Instead of complying with the foregoing provisions of this regulation a vehicle may comply with Community Directive 89/2974.
Amendments to Schedule 24
In Table I in Schedule 2, after item 52 there shall be added the following item –
53
89/297
13.4.89
L124, 5.5.89,p.1.
Lateral protection (side guards) of certain motor vehicles and their trailers
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
(This note is not part of the Regulations)