Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1987 Act” means the Consumer Protection Act 1987;

“brake lining” means the friction material component of a brake lining assembly;

“brake lining assembly” means a component of a friction brake which is pressed against a drum or disc to produce the friction force;

“the Braking Devices Directive” means Council Directive 71/320/EEC(1) as amended by Commission Directive 98/12/EC(2);

“ECE Regulation 90” means Regulation 90 containing uniform provisions concerning the approval of replacement brake lining assemblies for power-driven vehicles and their trailers which came into force on 1st November 1992 as an Annex to the UNECE Agreement;

“ECE Regulation 90.01” means ECE Regulation 90 as amended by the 01 series of amendments on 18th September 1994;

“the Framework Directive” means Council Directive 70/156/EEC(3) as amended by Council Directive 92/53/EEC(4);

“relevant vehicle” means a vehicle which falls within vehicle category M₁ M₂ or N₁ of the categories specified in Annex II of the Framework Directive and has a maximum mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes;

“the UNECE Agreement” means the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concluded at Geneva on 20th March 1958 as amended(5) concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for the reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions, to which the United Kingdom is a party by virtue of an instrument of accession dated 14th January 1963 deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations on 15th January 1963; and

“vehicle” means a vehicle which is to be treated as a motor vehicle or trailer for the purposes of the Road Traffic Act 1988(6) or the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(7).

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations the date on which a vehicle is first used shall be determined in accordance with regulation 3(3) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986(8) or regulation 2(4) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989(9).