SCHEDULE 1 REGULATION TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR REGULATION 42
Regulation 3

“42 Speed limiters fitted to buses and coaches
1 Subject to paragraph (11) this regulation applies to every bus and coach which –
(a) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 10 tonnes;
(b) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 100 km/h; and
(c) was first used on or after 1st January 1988,
and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph 1 vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.
2 Subject to paragraph (11) this regulation also applies to every bus and coach, not being a bus or coach to which paragraph (1) applies, which –
(a) is first used on or after 20th June 2005;
(b) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 10 tonnes; and
(c) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 100 km/h,
and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (2) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.
3 Subject to paragraphs (6) and (11) this regulation also applies to every bus which –
(a) is first used on or after 20th June 2005;
(b) has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 5 tonnes; and
(c) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 100 km/h,
and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (3) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.
4 Subject to paragraphs (5) and (11) this regulation also applies to every bus and coach, not being a bus or coach to which paragraph (1) applies, which –
(a) was first used on or after 1st October 2001 and before 20th June 2005;
(b) complies with the limit values set out in Council Directive 88/77/EEC as amended by amendments up to and including those effected by Commission Directive 2001/27/EC;
O.J. No. L36, 9.2.1988, p. 33
O.J. No. L107, 18.4.2001, p. 10
(c) has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 10 tonnes; and
(d) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a maximum speed exceeding 100 km/h,
and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (4) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.
5 This regulation shall apply –
(a) on or after 20th June 2006 in the case of a paragraph (4) vehicle used for both national and international transport operations; and
(b) on or after 20th June 2007 for a paragraph (4) vehicle used solely for national transport operations.
6 This regulation shall apply on or after 20th June 2008 in the case of a paragraph (3) vehicle used solely for national transport operations.
7 Subject to paragraphs (8) and (12) every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be fitted with a speed limiter which must –
(a) be sealed by an authorised sealer in such a manner as to protect the limiter against any improper interference or adjustment and against any interruption of its power supply;
(b) be maintained in good and efficient working order; and
(c) be set so that the speed of the vehicle cannot exceed 100 km/h.
8 A speed limiter fitted to a paragraph (1) vehicle which is first used before 20th June 2005 may be set at a maximum speed of 100km/h.
9 Subject to paragraph (13) a speed limiter fitted before 1st October 1994 to a vehicle to which this regulation applies must comply with –
(a) Part 1 of the British Standard; or
(b) the Annexes to Community Directive 92/24, as amended by Directive 2004/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
O.J. No. L44, 14.2.2004, p. 19
10 A speed limiter fitted on or after 1st October 1994 to a vehicle to which this regulation applies must comply with the Annexes to Community Directive 92/24 as amended by Directive 2004/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
11 This regulation does not apply to a vehicle –
(a) being taken to a place where a speed limiter is to be installed, calibrated, repaired or replaced;
(b) completing a journey in the course of which the speed limiter has accidentally ceased to function;
(c) which is owned by the Secretary of State for Defence and used for naval, military or air force purposes;
(d) which is used for naval, military or air force purposes while being driven by a person for the time being subject to the orders of a member of the armed forces of the Crown;
(e) while it is being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; or
(f) if and so long as it is exempt from vehicle excise duty by section 5 of and Schedule 2 to the 1994 Act.
12 Paragraph (7) shall have effect in relation to –
(a) a speed limiter fitted before 1st January 1995 to a vehicle first used before that date; or
(b) a speed limiter sealed outside the United Kingdom,
as if the words “by an authorised sealer” were omitted.
13 Paragraph (9) does not apply to a speed limiter fitted to a vehicle if the speed limiter complies with an equivalent standard.
14 In this regulation –
“authorised sealer” means a person authorised by the Department in accordance with Schedule 3 of these Regulations, or by the Secretary of State for Transport in accordance with Schedule 3B of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.
“equivalent standard” means –
(i) a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State, or
(ii) any international standard recognised for use as a standard by any EEA State, or
(iii) a technical specification or code of practice which, whether mandatory or not, is recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA State,
where the standard, code of practice, international standard or technical specification provides, in relation to speed limiters, a level of speed control equivalent to that provided by Part 1 of the British Standard;
“international transport operations” means transport operations outside the United Kingdom;
“national transport operations” means transport operations within the United Kingdom;
“Part 1 of the British Standard” means the British Standard for Maximum Road Speed Limiters for Motor Vehicles which was published by the British Standards Institution under the number BS/AU 217: Part 1: 1987 and which came into effect on 28th May 1987; as amended by Amendment Slip No. 1 under the number AMD 5969 which was published and came into effect on 30th June 1988;
“speed limiter” means a device whose primary function is to control the fuel feed to the engine in order to limit the vehicle speed to the specified value; and
“transport operations” means the transportation of passengers in vehicles designed for such a purpose and to which this regulation applies.
S.I. 1986/1078, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/422 and S.I. 2003/1946”

SCHEDULE 2 REGULATION TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR REGULATION 43
Regulation 4

“43 Speed limiters fitted to goods vehicles
1 Subject to paragraph (9) this regulation applies to every goods vehicle which –
(a) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 12,000 kg;
(b) is first used on or after 1st January 1988; and
(c) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted would have, a relevant speed exceeding 90 km/h,
and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (1) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.
2 Subject to paragraphs (5) and (9) this regulation also applies to every goods vehicle which –
(a) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 3,500 kg but not exceeding 12,000 kg;
(b) is first used on or after 20th June 2005; and
(c) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a relevant speed exceeding 90 km/h,
and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (2) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.
3 Subject to paragraphs (4) and (9) this regulation also applies to every goods vehicle which –
(a) has a maximum gross weight exceeding 3,500 kg but not exceeding 12,000 kg; and
(b) was first used on or after 1st October 2001 and before 20th June 2005;
(c) complies with the limit values set out in Directive 88/77/EEC as amended by amendments up to and including those effected by Commission Directive 2001/27/EC;
(d) has, or if a speed limiter were not fitted to it would have, a relevant speed exceeding 90 km/h,
and a reference in this regulation to a paragraph (3) vehicle is a reference to a vehicle to which this regulation applies by virtue of this paragraph.
4 This regulation shall apply –
(a) on or after 20th June 2006 in the case of a paragraph (3) vehicle used for both national and international transport operations; and
(b) on or after 20th June 2007 in the case of a paragraph (3) vehicle used solely for national transport operations.
5 This regulation shall apply on or after 20th June 2008 in the case of a paragraph (2) vehicle with a maximum gross weight not exceeding 7,500 kg and used solely for national transport operations.
6 Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be fitted with a speed limiter which must –
(a) be sealed by an authorised sealer in such a manner as to protect the limiter against any improper interference or adjustment and against any interruption of its power supply;
(b) be maintained in good and efficient working order; and
(c) be set so that the stabilised speed of the vehicle must not exceed 90 km/h.
7 Subject to paragraph (11) a speed limiter fitted before 1st October 1994 to a vehicle to which this regulation applies must comply with –
(a) Part 1 of the British Standard; or
(b) the Annexes to Community Directive 92/24 as amended by Directive 2004/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
8 A speed limiter fitted on or after 1st October 1994 to a vehicle to which this regulation applies must comply with the Annexes to Community Directive 92/24 as amended by Directive 2004/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
9 This regulation does not apply to a vehicle –
(a) being taken to a place where a speed limiter is to be installed, calibrated, repaired or replaced;
(b) completing a journey in the course of which the speed limiter has accidentally ceased to function;
(c) is owned by the Secretary of State for Defence and used for naval, military or air force purposes;
(d) is used for naval, military or air force purposes while being driven by a person for the time being subject to the orders of a member of the armed forces of the Crown;
(e) while it is being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; or
(f) if and so long as it is exempt from vehicle excise duty by section 5 of and Schedule 2 to the 1994 Act.
10 Paragraph (6)(a) shall have effect in relation to –
(a) a speed limiter fitted before 1st January 1995 to a vehicle first used before that date; or
(b) a speed limiter sealed outside the United Kingdom,
as if the words “by an authorised sealer” were omitted.
11 Paragraph (7) does not apply to a speed limiter fitted to a vehicle if the speed limiter complies with an equivalent standard.
12 In this regulation –
“authorised sealer”, “Part 1 of the British Standard”, “equivalent standard” and “speed limiter” have the same meanings as in regulation 42;
“international transport operations” means transport operations outside the United Kingdom;
“national transport operations” means transport operations within the United Kingdom;
“relevant speed” means a speed which a vehicle is incapable, by means of its construction, of exceeding on the level under its own power when unladen;
“stabilised speed” means the mean speed of a vehicle when its speed is under the control of a speed limiter and stable speed control has been achieved; and
“transport operations” means the transportation of goods in vehicles designed for such a purpose and to which this regulation applies.”