The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1998

3.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 13, a vehicle is an end of series vehicle, for a national type approval to which regulation 13 applies, if—

(a) a certificate of conformity has been issued in respect of the vehicle under the relevant national type approval (whether before or after the giving of the direction),

(b) it was manufactured with the intention that it should be supplied by retail for use in the United Kingdom,

(c) it was not registered under the 1994 Act on the date on which the relevant national type approval ceases to have effect, and

(d) it is a vehicle forming part of the allocation of vehicles to a relevant person under sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) The Secretary of State shall make an allocation in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) to each relevant person who makes a request to him under regulation 13 not later than one month before the relevant national type approval ceases to have effect.

(3) The Secretary of State shall allocate to each relevant person in respect of each vehicle model manufactured in conformity with the relevant national type approval—

(a) the number of vehicles of that model in respect of which the request is made, or

(b) the number of vehicles of that model for which a certificate of conformity was issued on or after the date of manufacture and which remained valid for at least 3 months after its date of issue but subsequently lost its validity because of the provisions of the Directive or one or more of the separate Directives,

whichever is the less.