PART 5Amendment of subordinate legislation

F1Amendment of the Road Vehicles Approval Regulations 2020I17A

1

The Road Vehicle Approval Regulations 2020 are amended as follows.

2

After regulation 1, insert—

Application1A

The following provisions of these Regulations do not apply in England and Wales or Scotland—

a

in regulation 16, paragraphs (4) and (5);

b

in regulation 17, paragraphs (4) to (6);

c

in regulation 18, paragraphs (8)(b) and (9).

3

In regulation 8(1), for sub-paragraph (b) (but not the “and” at the end of that sub-paragraph) substitute—

b

the remedies available to the party concerned—

i

where the application is made in respect of Great Britain, under the laws in force in Great Britain;

ii

where the application is made in respect of Northern Ireland, under the laws in force in Northern Ireland,

4

In regulation 14(1)(a), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain or, as the case may be, Northern Ireland”.

5

In regulation 16, in paragraphs (4) and (5), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

6

In regulation 17—

a

in the heading, omit “other”;

b

in paragraph (1), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

c

in paragraphs (4) and (6), for “the United Kingdom”, in each place it occurs, substitute “Northern Ireland”.

7

In regulation 18—

a

in paragraph (4)(a), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

b

in paragraphs (8)(b) and (9) for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Northern Ireland”;

c

in paragraph (16), in the definition of “non-UK approval”—

i

in paragraphs (a) and (c), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

ii

in paragraph (b), for “or the United” substitute “or any part of the United”.

8

In regulation 20, in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

a

the certificate must carry the heading “National Small Series Certificate of Conformity (Great Britain)” or, as the case may be, “National Small Series Certificate of Conformity (Northern Ireland)”,

9

In regulation 21—

a

in paragraph (5), in sub-paragraph (a), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

b

in paragraph (9), in the definition of “EU certificate of conformity”, in sub-paragraph (c), the words before paragraph (i), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

10

In Schedule 1, in paragraph 1—

a

in the definition of “approval”, in paragraph (a), for “other” substitute “a”;

b

in the definition of “certificate of conformity” for “other” substitute “a”.