The Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

4.  In Schedule 3 —

(a)after paragraph 2 there shall be inserted the following paragraph —

“2A.  The number shown outside and on the right of the circle in any such marking will be varied, where appropriate, so as to be the number assigned by the competent authority of a Contracting State to each type approved. The said number will be close to and outside the circle in such a position relative thereto as may be authorised by the relevant ECE Regulation, so however that it shall be read in the same direction as the number inside the circle.;”

(b)for paragraph 7 there shall be substituted the following paragraph —

“7.  The Roman numeral shown outside and on the right of the circle in the markings relating to items No. 36, 36A, 36B and 36C in Schedule 2 will be varied, where appropriate, in cases where the vehicle to which a marking relates was placed in a class other than Class II when it was approved in accordance with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking.”;

(c)in paragraph 17 —

(i)the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (2) shall be omitted;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (3)(a), after “0-25 kilogrammes,” there shall be inserted “0-36 kilogrammes,”; and

(iii)at the end of sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted —

“; and

(4) the symbol “Y” shall form part of the marking prescribed at item 44B if the child restraint contains a crotch strap in conformity with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking”

• ; and

(d)after paragraph 17 there shall be inserted the following paragraph —

“17A.  In relation to the marking prescribed at item No. 44C in Schedule 2 —

(1) the approval number and any additional symbol outside the marking in relation to this item must be placed close to the circle, and either above or below the “E” or to the left or right of it, the digits of the approval number must be on the same side of the “E” and orientated in the same direction, and any additional symbol must be diatmetrically opposite the approval number;

(2) the words “universal”, “restricted”, “semi-universal” or “vehicle specific” shall form part of the marking depending on the category of child restraint as defined in the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking;

(3) the figures “9-36” following the word “universal” or, as the case may be, “restricted”, “semi-universal” or “vehicle specific”, shall be varied so as to show the weight group for which the child restraint is manufactured being —

• 0-10 kilogrammes,

• 0-13 kilogrammes,

• 0-18 kilogrammes,

• 0-25 kilogrammes,

• 0-36 kilogrammes,

• 9-18 kilogrammes,

• 15-25 kilogrammes,

• 22-36 kilogrammes,

• 9-25 kilogrammes, or

• 15-36 kilogrammes;

(4) the symbol “S” shall form part of the marking if the child restraint is designed for children who have special needs as a result of either a physical or mental handicap; and

(5) the symbol “Y” shall form part of the marking if the child restraint contains a crotch strap in conformity with the requirements of the ECE Regulation specified in column (5) of Schedule 2 in relation to that marking.”.