PART IPRELIMINARY

Statement under section 43(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988

2.—(1) The Secretary of State is satisfied that–

(a)it is requisite that the provisions mentioned in paragraph (2) which vary the requirements about the construction of the vehicles to which those provisions apply, shall apply as from 1st November 1989 to such of those vehicles as are registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971(1) before the expiration of one year from the making of these Regulations; and

(b)notwithstanding that these provisions will then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience will be caused thereby.

(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are those set out in the Table below–

Number of regulation or ScheduleNature of requirements
Regulation 3(6)Interpretation of requirements in relation to British Standard marks.
Schedule 1 Table VInvalid carriages with a maximum speed exceeding 4 mph to be fitted with direction indicators and hazard warning signal devices.
Schedule 4 Part I paragraph 4The aim of dipped-beam headlamps