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Document Generated: 2012-02-28 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made).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 (x) regulation 32(6) this provision,previously proposed for minibuses, is extended to all buses; (xi) regulation 32(9) the special provisionin relation to French approved glass is limited to vehicles first used before1 October 1986; (xii) regulation 33 new provisions recognisingthe requirements of EC Directive 85/205for heavy goods vehicles are introduced; (xiii) regulations 40 and 94-96 in the interestsof safety the requirements of Schedule 5as to gas systems are extended to track-laying vehicles. The necessary statementby the Secretary of State is included in regulation 4(4); (xiv) regulations 41-44 and Schedules 6 and 7new construction requirements are introduced for vehicles with between 9 and16 passenger seats first used on or after 1st April 1988; (xv) regulation 54 the inadvertenteffect of amendments to the revoked Regulations was that vehicles first usedbefore 1st April 1970 were not subject to any requirement not to make alterationsresulting in increased noise. In view of this the earlier provision (whichcontinued to apply to track-laying vehicles) is restored; (xvi) regulations 55 and 56 an errorin S.I. 1984/1809,under which agricultural motor vehicles first used on or after 1st June 1986and driven at more than 20 mph were excluded from certain noise requirements,but not included in others, is corrected, and new provisions concerning noiselimits are introduced to comply with the requirements of EC Directive 84/424, and to setnew limits for some vehicles outside the scope of the Directive; (xvii) regulation 63 the exemption fortrailer pumps used for fire brigade purposes has been omitted; (xviii) regulation 67 the option for vehiclesfitted with plates complying with Directive 76/114is limited to vehicles first used before 1 April 1987; vehicles first usedon or after that date are required to comply with Directive 78/507; (xix) regulation 75 Table, sub3s 13 to 15, regulation 76 Table, sub3 4, and regulation 78 Table, sub3 11 special provisions, in the case oftrack-laying vehicles, for winding gear and for gas equipment, are omittedas being out of date; (xx) regulation 79 and Schedule 11to conform to the requirements of EC Directive 85/3triaxle spacing for a 22.5 tonnes load is reduced from 1.35 metres to 1.30metres; (xxi) regulation 82 the previous dimensionsof 1.07 and 1.83 metres are for convenience rounded to 1 and 2 metres. Thetreatment of track-laying vehicles is brought into line with that of wheeledvehicles; (xxii) regulation 83 the provision underwhich water-carrying trailers were disregarded has been omitted, as out ofdate; (xxiii) regulation 105 is extended totrack-laying vehicles; (xxiv) regulation 107 the exclusion forgas-propelled vehicles is omitted, as being out of date; (xxv) regulation 108 the provision concerningsuspension of implements is extended to track-laying vehicles; (xxvi) regulation 109 revised provisionsgoverning the use of television sets in motor vehicles in use on the roadare introduced. 3. Recognition of compliance with European vehiclestandards as an alternative to national standards has been made more comprehensiveby the insertion of appropriate references in Part 150
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 II,which are interpreted in accordance with regulations 3and 6.This system supersedes the provisions of former regulations 5, 5A, 5AAand 5B.In the former regulations the fact that a vehicle had been marked or certificatedwhen new to show that it complied with a European standard for a particularsystem or component meant that it was totally exempted from the substantiveregulation dealing with that system or component. Now, in the case of regulationsdealing with systems or components which are liable to deteriorate or be replacedwhile the vehicle is in use, only continued compliance with the European standardis accepted as an alternative to compliance with the national standard. 4. In regulation 7the maximum permitted length of motor vehicles having at least 4 wheels isincreased from 11m to 12m in accordance with Community Directive 85/3,and, in consequence, the previous turning circle requirements for articulatedbuses are dropped. 5. References to public service vehicles are replacedby references to buses. 6. Other relaxations in the 1978 and 1955 (TLV)Regulations are referred to in the Table of Derivations at Annex A following; regulationswhich have been omitted entirely are listed, with appropriate explanations,in sub-paragraphs (i) to (xi) below— (i) regulations 5-5B see above (para3); (ii) regulation 6 no longer necessaryas relevant provisions appear in individual regulations; (iii) regulations 15 and 16 the coverageof these regulations is generally confined to vehicles subject to NationalType Approval, and the systems concerned are not likely to be modified orto deteriorate; (iv) regulations 21 and 40 and TLV regulation 13no longer considered necessary; (v) regulation 99 this maintenancerequirement for power-weight ratio is implicit in the corresponding constructionrequirement, in that some maintenance is necessary to ensure continued compliance; (vi) regulation 114 and TLV regulation 59it is doubted whether the proviso to these regulations was intra vires; new regulation 97 is considered sufficient; (vii) regulation 116 the in-use noiselimits were not, in practice, enforceable and have therefore been omitted; (viii) regulation 116B as the constructionrequirements referred to apply throughout the life of the vehicle on the roadand cannot be complied with unless the parts necessary to comply with it arefitted, this regulation is considered to be superfluous; (ix) regulation 121 (TLV66) no longer considered necessary; (x) regulations 146 and 147 theseare dropped as Part Vis not retained as a separate Part. Where necessary definitions are transferredto regulation 3; (xi) TLV regulation 77 this is no longerappropriate to the Regulations. 7. Changes which do not affect the substance ofthe requirements are very numerous, but are not listed separately. 8. Annex Blists these regulations and shows where their content was to be found in therevoked Regulations. 151
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