Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st November 1998.

Preliminary

2.  The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986(2) shall be further amended as follows.

Amendment to regulation 16 (braking systems of vehicles to which regulation 15 does not apply)

3.  In regulation 16, in paragraph (7), after “76/432” there shall be added “or 96/63”.

Amendment to regulation 17 (vacuum or pressure brakes warning devices)

4.  In regulation 17, in paragraph (2)(b), after “76/432” there shall be inserted “or 96/63”.

Amendments to regulation 46 (seat belt anchorage points)

5.  In regulation 46, in paragraphs (4)(b) and (4B)(a), after “90/629” there shall be inserted “or 96/38”.

Amendments to regulation 47 (seat belts)

6.—(1) Regulation 47 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (3), after “90/628” there shall be inserted “or 96/36”.

(3) In paragraph (8)–

(a)in sub-paragraph (i)(b) of the definition of “British Standard mark” for “or BS AU 202a” there shall be substituted “, BS AU 202a or BS AU 202b”; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “designated approval mark” for “and 44B” there shall be substituted “, 44B and 44C”.

Revocation of regulation 88 (use of bridging plates between motor vehicle and trailer)

7.  Regulation 88 is hereby revoked.

Amendments to Schedule 2

8.—(1) Table I of Schedule 2 shall be amended as follows.

(2) After item 73 there shall be inserted the following items–

(3) After item 74 there shall be inserted the following item–

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 16 (braking systems of vehicles to which regulation 15 does not apply) by enabling an agricultural motor vehicle to meet the requirements of the regulation by complying with Council Directive 76/432/EEC as amended by Commission Directive 96/63/EC. Such a vehicle can, as before, meet the requirements of the regulation by complying with Council Directive 76/432/EEC.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 17 (vacuum or pressure brakes warning devices) by disapplying the requirements of the regulation in relation to an agricultural motor vehicle which complies with Council Directive 76/432/EEC as amended by Commission Directive 96/63/EC. These requirements do not, as before, apply to such a vehicle if it complies with Council Directive 76/432/EEC.

Regulation 5 amends regulation 46 (seat belt anchorage points) by enabling a vehicle to meet the requirements of the regulation by complying with Council Directive 76/115/EEC as amended by Council Directive 81/575/EEC, Commission Directive 82/318/EEC, Commission Directive 90/629/EEC and Commission Directive 96/38/EC. A vehicle can, as before, meet the requirements of the regulation by complying with Council Directive 76/115/EEC or with that Directive as amended by Council Directive 81/575/EEC or with that Directive as further amended by Commission Directive 82/318/EEC or with that Directive as further amended by Commission Directive 90/629/EEC.

Regulation 6 amends regulation 47 (seat belts) so as to–

(a)enable a vehicle to meet the requirements of the regulation by complying with Council Directive 77/541/EEC as amended by Commission Directive 82/319/EEC, Commission Directive 90/628/EEC and Commission Directive 96/36/EC (A vehicle can, as before, meet the requirements of the regulation by complying with Council Directive 77/541 or with that Directive as amended by Commission Directive 82/319/EEC or with that Directive as further amended by Commission Directive 90/628/EEC); and

(b)permit the use of a child restraint system marked in accordance with–

(i)ECE Regulation 44 as amended by ECE Regulations 44.01, 44.02 and 44.03; or

(ii)BS AU 202b,

and, in the latter case, bearing the registered certification trade mark of the British Standards Institution.

Regulation 7 revokes regulation 88.

Regulation 8 makes consequential amendments to Table I of Schedule 2.

These Regulations have been notified to the European Commission pursuant to Directive 83/189/EEC of 28th March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (OJ 1983, L109, p.9) as amended by Council Directive 88/182/EEC of 22nd March 1988 (OJ 1988, L81, p.75) and European Parliament and Council Directive 94/10/EEC of 23rd March 1994 (OJ 1994, L100, p.30).

A copy of the British Standard referred to above can be obtained from the British Standards Institution, Customer Service Department, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL (Tel: 0181 996 9000) or from the Stationery Office.

Copies of the relevant Directives and ECE Regulations can also be obtained from the Stationery Office. The details are set out below.