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The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

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9.  In the Table in regulation 3(2) (interpretation)—

(a)omit the definition of “combined transport operation”;

(b)after the definition of “Framework Directive”, insert—

“fuel cella device in which hydrogen reacts with oxygen, creating water and generating an electric current.”;

(c)for the definition of “gas-fired appliance”, substitute—

“gas-fired appliance

a device carried on a motor vehicle or trailer when in use on a road, which consumes gas and which is none of the following—

(a) a device owned or operated by or with the authority of a gas transporter for the purposes of detecting gas;

(b) an engine for the propulsion of a motor vehicle;

(c) a lamp which consumes acetylene gas;

(d) a fuel cell.”;

(d)after the definition of “gas-fired appliance”, insert—

“gas transporter

a holder of a licence under section 7(1) of the Gas Act 1986(1) except where the holder is acting otherwise than for purposes connected with—

(a) the carrying on of activities authorised by the licence;

(b) the conveyance of gas through pipes which—

(i) are situated in an authorised area of the licence holder; or

(ii) are situated in an area which was an authorised area of the licence holder, or an authorised area of a previous holder of the licence, and were so situated at a time when it was such an area; or

(c) the conveyance through pipes of gas which is in the course of being conveyed to or from a country of territory outside Great Britain.”;

(e)after the definition of “industrial tractor”, insert—

“intermodal transport operationshall be construed in accordance with paragraph 9(3) of Part IV of Schedule 11A.”;

(f)after the definition of “light trailer”, insert—

“liquefied petroleum gas

(a) butane gas in any phase which meets the requirements contained in the specification of commercial butane and propane issued by the British Standards Institution under the number BS 4250: 2014 and published on 30th November 2014(2); or

(b) propane gas in any phase which meets the requirements contained in the said specification; or

(c) any mixture of such butane gas and such propane gas.”;

(g)after the definition of “statutory power of removal”, insert—

“swap bodya part of a vehicle which is intended to bear the load, has supports and, by means of a device which is part of the vehicle, may be detached from the vehicle and re-incorporated into it.”.
(1)

1986 c.44, as amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), section 76 and the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), section 197(9), Schedule 23, Part 1, which makes an amendment to section 7(1) which has yet to be brought into force, and other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

ISBN 978 0 580 83133.

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