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16.—(1) The approval authority must—
(a)make the decision whether or not to grant a national small series type approval or an amendment to such an approval in accordance with Article 42 of the Type Approval Regulation (national type-approval of vehicles produced in small series),
(b)not grant the approval without first being satisfied that adequate arrangements have been made to ensure that production vehicles conform to the approved type, and
(c)give notice of the decision to the applicant.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the alternative requirements required to be laid down under Article 42(2) are the technical or other requirements specified in Schedule 1.
(3) Where the approval authority decides to grant or amend a national small series type approval, the authority must issue a type approval certificate which complies with regulation 20(1).
(4) If the holder of a national small series type approval so requests, the approval authority must send, by registered or electronic mail, a copy of the type approval certificate and any attachments relating to it to an authority in a member State F1... corresponding to the approval authority.
(5) Upon receiving a request from a person wishing to sell, register or put into service in a member State F2... a vehicle manufactured in conformity with a national small series type approval, the approval authority must supply to the authority in that member State corresponding to the approval authority a copy of the type approval certificate and any attachments relating to it.
(6) The approval authority may refuse to grant a national small series type approval if the authority is not satisfied that the applicant has made adequate arrangements to comply with regulation 7.
(7) The holder of a national small series type approval must issue, in respect of each vehicle (whether incomplete, complete or completed) which is manufactured in conformity with that approval, a certificate of conformity which—
(a)complies with regulation 20(3), and
(b)is numbered sequentially between 1 and the maximum permitted number to denote, in respect of each year of production, the position of the vehicle within the production allocated for that year.
(8) In paragraph (7), “maximum permitted number” and “year” have the meanings given in regulation 21(9).
(9) Article 36(3) of the Type Approval Regulation applies in relation to the issue of a duplicate of a certificate of conformity originally issued under paragraph (7).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 16(4) omitted (temp.) (31.12.2020 for a period of two years at the end of which this amending provision will expire) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/648), regs. 1(b)(ii), 7A(5) (with reg. 11) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1393, regs. 1(2), 2(6) (with reg. 2(12)))
F2Words in reg. 16(5) omitted (temp.) (31.12.2020 for a period of two years at the end of which this amending provision will expire) by virtue of The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/648), regs. 1(b)(ii), 7A(5) (with reg. 11) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1393, regs. 1(2), 2(6) (with reg. 2(12)))
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 16 in force at 1.9.2020, see reg. 1(b)
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