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Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1992

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Applications for grant or amendment of EC type approval

3.—(1) An application for EC type approval may be made to the Secretary of State.

(2) Such an application shall be in writing and accompanied by the documents required by Article 3 of the Directive.

(3) An application by the holder of EC type approval for the approval to be amended shall be made in writing to the Secretary of State.

(4) Where the Secretary of State decides to refuse an application made under this regulation he shall give notice of the refusal to the applicant.

(5) Where the Secretary of State decides to grant or amend an EC type approval he shall issue an EC type approval certificate or (as the case may be) an amended EC type approval certificate.

(6) Such a certificate shall be in the form required by the Directive or the relevant separate Directive (as the case may be).

(7) The Secretary of State may grant EC component or separate technical unit type approval subject to restrictions on the use of, or conditions as respects the fitting of a component or separate technical unit (as the case may be) of the type to which the approval relates and when he does so he shall, unless the applicant has consented to the restrictions or conditions, give notice of his decision to the applicant.

(8) The Secretary of State may refuse to grant EC vehicle type approval if he is not satisfied that the applicant has made adequate arrangements for complying with regulation 4(2), 5 or 6.

(9) The Secretary of State may refuse to grant system, component or separate technical unit EC type approval if he is not satisfied that the applicant has made adequate arrangements for complying with regulation 5 or 7.

(10) Without prejudice to paragraphs (8) and (9), the Secretary of State shall make any decision under this regulation in accordance with the Directive and any relevant separate Directives and in particular the requirement of the Directive that a member State granting EC type approval must ensure that adequate arrangements have been made to ensure that production vehicles, systems, components and separate techncial units (as the case may be) conform to the EC approved type.

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