Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 19862

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 19862 shall be amended as follows:—

a

in paragraph (2) of regulation 37 (audible warning instruments), after the words “other than a reversing alarm” shall be inserted the words “, a boarding aid alarm”;

b

in paragraph (3) of regulation 37, after the words “A reversing alarm” shall be inserted the words “or a boarding aid alarm”;

c

in paragraph (10) of regulation 37, the word “and” immediately after sub-paragraph (c) shall be deleted and there shall be inserted at the end of sub-paragraph (d) the words

; and

e

“boarding aid alarm” means an alarm for a power operated lift or ramp fitted to a bus to enable wheelchair users to board and alight and designed to warn persons that the lift or ramp is in operation.

d

in paragraph (2) of regulation 99 (use of audible warning instruments), at the end shall be inserted the words “or in respect of the sounding of a boarding aid alarm.”; and

e

in paragraph (3) of regulation 99, after the words “on a road any reversing alarm” shall be inserted the words “or any boarding aid alarm”.