The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
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Expression<br />
Meaning<br />
satisfyingthe requirements specified in head (i) of subparagraph<br />
(b) (or, if there is more than one such row ofseats,<br />
the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel<br />
<strong>and</strong> theback-rests of the rearmost such row) must, when<br />
the seats are ready for use,be not less than one-third of the<br />
distance between the rearmost part of thesteering wheel <strong>and</strong><br />
the rearmost part of the floor of the vehicle.<br />
ECE Regulation,<br />
followed by anumber<br />
engine power in<br />
kilowatts (kW)<br />
engineering plant<br />
exhaust system<br />
the Regulation, annexed to the Agreement concerning the adoptionof<br />
uniform conditions of approval for Motor <strong>Vehicles</strong> Equipment <strong>and</strong> Parts<br />
<strong>and</strong>reciprocal recognition thereof concluded at Geneva on 20th March<br />
1958(9) as amended(10),to which the United Kingdom is a party(11), of<br />
which identifying particularsare given in the item in column (3)(a), (b)<br />
<strong>and</strong> (c) of TableII in Schedule 2in which that number appearsin column<br />
(2); <strong>and</strong> where that number contains more than two digits, it refersto<br />
that Regulation with the amendments in force at the date specified in<br />
column(3)(d) in that item.<br />
the maximum net power ascertained in accordance with Community<br />
Directive 80/1269.<br />
(a) movable plant orequipment being a motor vehicle or trailer specially<br />
designed <strong>and</strong> constructedfor the special purposes of engineering<br />
operations, <strong>and</strong> which cannot, owingto the requirements of those<br />
purposes, comply with all the requirements ofthese <strong>Regulations</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
which is not constructed primarily to carry a load otherthan a load<br />
being either excavated materials raised from the ground by apparatuson<br />
the motor vehicle or trailer or materials which the vehicle or traileris<br />
specially designed to treat while carried thereon; or<br />
(b) a mobile crane which does not comply in all respectswith the<br />
requirements of these <strong>Regulations</strong>.<br />
a completeset of components through which the exhaust gases escape<br />
from the engine unitof a motor vehicle including those which are<br />
necessary to limit the noisecaused by the escape of those gases.<br />
first used is to be interpretedin accordance with paragraph (3).<br />
gangway<br />
gas<br />
gas-fired appliance<br />
the space provided for obtaining access from any entranceto the<br />
passengers' seats or from any such seat to an exit other than an<br />
emergencyexit, but excluding a staircase <strong>and</strong> any space in front of a seat<br />
which isrequired only for the use of passengers occupying that seat or a<br />
seat in thesame row of seats.<br />
any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5°C undera pressure of 1.013 bar<br />
absolute.<br />
a device carriedon a motor vehicle or trailer when in use on a road,<br />
which consumes gas <strong>and</strong>which is neither—<br />
(9) Cmnd. 2535.<br />
(10) Cmnd. 3562.<br />
(11) By instrument of accessiondated 14th January 1963 deposited with the Secretary General of the UnitedNations on 15th<br />
January 1963.<br />
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