The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

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(2) A vehicleto which this regulation applies is not required to comply with paragraph(1) if at
the time of its first use it complied with Community Directive 70/157, 73/350 or 77/212 or, in the
case of an agriculturalmotor vehicle, 74/151,or if it is—
(a) aroad roller;
(b) avehicle specially constructed, and not merely adapted, for the purposes offighting fires or
salvage from fires at or in the vicinity of airports, andhaving an engine power exceeding
220 kW;
(c) avehicle propelled by a compression ignition engine and which is of a typein respect of
which a type approval certificate has been issued under theType Approval (Great Britain)
Regulations;
(d) amotorcycle first used on or after 1st October 1980, with an engine capacitynot exceeding
50 cc which complies with the requirements specified in regulation 57(2); or
(e) anagricultural motor vehicle manufactured on or after 7th February 1975 whichcomplies
with the requirements specified in regulation 56(2).
(3) The definitionof sound level (A weighting) in decibels contained in clause 2 of the
BritishStandard Specification for Sound Level Meters published by the British StandardsInstitution
on 7th September 1962 under the number BS 3539: 1962, as amendedby Amendment Slip No. 1,
numbered AMD22 and published on 1st July 1968, appliesfor the purposes of this regulation.
(4) In thisregulation, “the specified conditions” means the method described by the British
Standard Method for the Measurementof Noise Emitted by Motor Vehicles published on 24th June
1966 under the numberBS 3425:1966.
(5) In thisregulation “the prescribed apparatus” means a noise meter—
(a) which is in good working order and complies with therequirements laid down for vehicle
noise meters in Part I of the said British StandardSpecification numbered BS 3539:1962,
as amended by the said Amendment SlipNo. 1;
(b) which has, not more than 12 months before the date of the measurement madein
accordance with paragraph (1), undergone all the tests for checking calibrationapplicable
in accordance with the Appendix to the said British Standard Specification;and
(c) in respect of which there has been issued by the National Physical Laboratory,the British
Standards Institution or the Secretary of State a certificaterecording the date on which as
a result of those tests the meter was foundto comply with the requirements of clauses 8
and 9 of the said British StandardSpecification.
TABLE
(regulation 58(1))
1 2 3
Item Classof vehicle Maximum permitted
sound levelin dB(A)
1 Motor cycle of which the cylinder capacityof
the engine does not exceed 50 cc
77
2 Motor cycle of which the cylinder capacity of
the engine exceeds50 cc but does not exceed
125 cc
82
3 Motor cycle of which the cylinder capacity of
the engine exceeds 125 cc 86
76