The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

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Document Generated: 2012-02-28 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). UK Statutory Instruments are not carried in their revised form on this site. The electronic version of this UK Statutory Instrument has been contributed by Westlaw and is taken from the printed publication. Read more 1 2 Expression Meaning (ii) in the case of a motor vehicle havingthree axles of which the front axle is the only steering axle and of a motorvehicle having four axles of which the two foremost are the only steeringaxles, a point 110 mm behind the centre of a straight line joining the centrepoints of the two rearmost axles; and (iii) in any other case a point situatedon the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and such that a line drawn from itat right angles to that axis will pass through the centre of the minimum turningcircle of the vehicle. passenger vehicle pedestrian-controlled vehicle pneumatic tyre a vehicleconstructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects. a motor vehicle which is controlled by a pedestrianand not constructed or adapted for use or used for the carriage of a driveror passenger. a tyre which— (a) is provided with, or together with the wheelupon which it is mounted forms, a continuous closed chamber inflated to apressure substantially exceeding atmospheric pressure when the tyre is inthe condition in which it is normally used, but is not subjected to any load; (b) is capable ofbeing inflated and deflated without removal from the wheel or vehicle; and public works vehicle recut pneumatic tyre refuse vehicle registered (c) is such that,when it is deflated and is subjected to a normal load, the sides of the tyrecollapse. a mechanically propelled vehicle whichis specially designed for use on a road by or on behalf of any statutory undertaking(as defined in section 262(13)of the LocalGovernment Act 1972), highway authority, localauthority, water authority, the Post Office, British Telecommunications plcor any police force for the purpose of works which such undertaking, authorityor other body has a duty or a power to carry out, but excluding the carriageof persons other than crew or of goods other than goods needed for the worksin respect of which the vehicle is being used. a pneumatic tyre in which all or part of its original tread pattern has beencut deeper or burnt deeper or a different tread pattern has been cut deeperor burnt deeper than the original tread pattern. a vehicle designed for use and used solely in connection with street cleansing,the collection or disposal of refuse, or the collection or disposal of thecontents of gullies or cesspools. registered under any of thefollowing enactments— (a) the Roads Act 1920, (b) the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1949, (c) the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962,or 12
Document Generated: 2012-02-28 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). UK Statutory Instruments are not carried in their revised form on this site. The electronic version of this UK Statutory Instrument has been contributed by Westlaw and is taken from the printed publication. Read more 1 2 Expression Meaning (d) the 1971 Act and, relevant braking requirement in relation to the dateon which a vehicle was registered, the date on which it was first registeredunder any of those enactments. a requirementthat the brakes of a motor vehicle (as assisted, where a trailer is beingdrawn, by the brakes on the trailer) comply— resilienttyre rigid vehicle secondary braking system (i) in a case to which item 1 in Table 1 in regulation18 applies, with the requirements specifiedin regulation 18(3)for vehicles falling in that item; (ii) in any othercase, with the requirements specified in regulation 18(3)for vehicle classes (a) and (b) in item 2 of that Table (whatever the dateof first use of the motor vehicle and the date of manufacture of any trailerdrawn by it may be). a tyre, not being a pneumatic tyre,which is of soft or elastic material, having regard to paragraph (5). a motor vehicle which is not constructed or adapted to form part of an articulatedvehicle or articulated bus. a braking systemof a vehicle applied by a secondary means of operation independent of theservice braking system or by one of the sections comprised in a split brakingsystem. service braking system the braking system of a vehicle whichis designed and constructed to have the highest braking efficiency of anyof the braking systems with which the vehicle is equipped. semi-trailer silencer single-decked vehicle split braking system a trailer which is constructed or adapted to form part of an articulated vehicle. a contrivance suitable and sufficient for reducing as faras may be reasonable the noise caused by the escape of exhaust gases fromthe engine of a motor vehicle. a vehicle uponwhich no part of a deck or gangway is vertically above another deck or gangway. in relation to a motor vehicle, a braking systemso designed and constructed that— (a) it comprises two independent sections of mechanism capableof developing braking force such that, excluding the means of operation, afailure of any part (other than a fixed member or a brake shoe anchor pin)of one of the said sections will not cause a decrease in the braking forcecapable of being developed by the other section; (b) the said two sections are operated by a meansof operation which is common to both sections; 13
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