Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Amendments to regulation 4 (type approval requirements — application)

3.—(1) Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2) For paragraph (1A)(1), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1A) Subject to paragraph (3B), in relation to a particular vehicle—

(a)a type approval requirement applicable to the vehicle at the date of manufacture shall continue to apply to it until it is registered; and

(b)a type approval requirement which is applicable to vehicles as from a date after that vehicle was manufactured shall not apply to the vehicle unless the subject matter of the requirement is the same as that of a requirement applicable to it on the date it was manufactured.”.

(3) For paragraph (3A)(2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(3A) The provisions of paragraph (3) do not apply in respect of any emissions or noise item.”.

(4) After paragraph (3A) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(3B) No emissions or noise item shall apply to a Framework Directive vehicle on or after the date specified in column (6) of the item.”.

(5) At the end of paragraph (4) there shall be added the words “; and for the purposes of this paragraph, items 2A and 2B shall be regarded as items having the same subject matter”.

(6) For paragraph (11)(3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(11) Schedules 1B and 1C (which treat certain emissions or noise items as if in certain circumstances specified dates were substituted for the entries in columns (5) and (6)) shall have effect.”.