PART 1

Amendment of Regulations

2.  The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986(1) are amended in accordance with the provisions of this Part of these Regulations.

Maintenance and efficiency of brakes

3.—(1) Table I in regulation 18(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In column 2 of item 1, after “A vehicle”, insert “, not included in item 1A,”.

(3) After item 1, insert—

Duty to Review

4.  After regulation 18, insert—

“Review of regulation 18

18A.—(1) The Secretary of State must—

(a)conduct a review of the operation and effect of those provisions of regulation 18 that relate to the efficiency of brakes;

(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c)publish a report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how, insofar as it relates to braking efficiencies, Directive 2009/40/EC(2) is implemented in other member States of the EU.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by those provisions of regulation 18 that relate to the efficiency of brakes;

(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before 20th March 2018.

(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.”.