Made | 4th March 2003 | ||
Coming into operation | 17th June 2003 |
New regulation 3A (application of Regulations)
3.
After regulation 3 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted-
(b) parts of any such vehicles.
(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(i) are that the vehicle in question-
(3) These Regulations do not apply to, or to the parts of, any of the following vehicles, that is to say-
(b) a vehicle which is to be exported from Northern Ireland and which either-
(c) a vehicle in the service of a visiting force or of a headquarters (as defined in Article 8(6) of the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1965[11];
(d) a vehicle to which Articles 65 to 69 of the 1995 Order have become applicable after a period of use on roads during which, by virtue of Article 108(2) of that Order (which relates to vehicles in the public service of the Crown), those Articles did not apply to that vehicle;
(e) a motor vehicle which is of a new or improved type, or is fitted with equipment of a new or improved type, and which has been constructed to that type or fitted with that equipment, for the purpose of tests or trials or for use as a prototype, and-
(f) a motor vehicle which is of a new or improved type provided that the conditions specified in paragraph (4) are satisfied;
(g) a light locomotive, a heavy locomotive and a motor tractor (all as defined in Article 3(1) of the 1995 Order);
(h) an agricultural motor vehicle, engineering plant, a pedestrian-controlled vehicle, a straddle carrier, a works truck and a vehicle which is track-laying (all as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Construction and Use Regulations);
(i) a vehicle the use of which on a road is authorised by Article 15, 17 or 19 of the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) Order 1997[12];
(j) a tower wagon as defined in paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 2 to the Testing Regulations;
(k) a fire engine (including an air field crash tender);
(l) a road roller;
(m) a vehicle propelled by steam;
(n) a vehicle constructed for the purpose of preventing or reducing the effect of snow or ice on roads, either by spreading grit or other material, by scooping or sweeping, or by other means;
(o) a two-wheeled motor cycle, with or without a sidecar;
(p) an electrically-propelled vehicle;
(q) a break-down vehicle (as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Testing Regulations);
(r) an ambulance;
(s) a motor caravan; or
(t) a recovery vehicle first used before 17th June 2003.
(4) The conditions referred to in paragraph (3)(f) are that the vehicle-
Amendment to regulation 4 (approval requirements for relevant vehicles)
4.
- (1) Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) After paragraph (3) there shall be inserted-
(3) For paragraph (6) there shall be substituted-
Amendment to Schedule 2 (approval requirements for relevant vehicles)
5.
- (1) Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In column 4 of item 7, for the word "Appendix", wherever it appears, there shall be substituted "Appendices 1 and 2".
(3) After item 24 there shall be added the following item-
"Item | Subject matter | Requirement | Definitions and supplementary provisions | Exemptions and modifications |
25 | Plate for goods vehicles | Every goods vehicle shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 79 of the Construction and Use Regulations." | . |
(4) For the heading of the Appendix, there shall be substituted-
(5) After Appendix 1 there shall be added the Appendix set out in Schedule 1.
Amendment to Schedule 3 (approval requirements for relevant vehicles except Schedule 1 vehicles)
6.
For item 4 in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the item set out in Schedule 2.
Amendment to Schedule 4 (form of Department's approval certificate)
7.
- (1) Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) For the words "NORTHERN IRELAND TYPE APPROVAL" there shall be substituted "NORTHERN IRELAND NATIONAL TYPE APPROVAL".
(3) Under the box entitled "Design Weights" there shall be inserted "NOTE: In the case of a goods vehicle the design weights shown are also the plated weights.".
(4) For the word "Category" there shall be substituted "Category (passenger (M1)/goods (N1))".
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
4th March 2003.
L.S.
Wesley Shannon
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
Item | Subject matter | Design, construction and equipment requirements | Definitions and supplementary provisions | Exemptions and modifications | ||
(a) | (b) | (c) | ||||
Date of manufacture of the vehicle | Community Instrument | ECE Regulation | ||||
4 | Exhaust emissions | 1st January 1993 | Directive 70/220/EEC, as last amended by Directive 91/441/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to passenger cars) | 83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13 |
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For the purposes of this item- "passenger car" means a motor vehicle which-
(b) *has no more than 6 seats including the driver's seat; and |
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1st October 1994 | Directive 93/59/EEC, Annex I, paragraphs 5, 7 and 8 (applies only to vehicles other than passenger cars) | 83.01, paragraphs 5, 8 and 13 |
*Note: (b) does not apply to vehicles manufactured after 1st January 2001. |
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1st January 1997 | Directive 94/12/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (applies only to passenger cars) | 83.02, paragraph 5 | "Reference mass" has the same meaning as in Directive 70/220/EEC as last amended by Directive 96/69/EC. | |||
1st October 1997 (applies from this date to Class I vehicles) | Directive 96/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 | 83.03, paragraph 5 | "Class I vehicle" means a goods vehicle (category N1) which has a reference mass not exceeding 1,305 kg. | |||
1st October 1998 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles) | Directive 96/69/EC Annex I, paragraph 5 | 83.03, paragraph 5 |
"Class II vehicle" means a goods vehicle (category N1) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,305 kg but not exceeding 1,760 kg. "Class III vehicle means a goods vehicle (category N1) which has a reference mass exceeding 1,760 kg. |
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1st October 1999 | Directive 98/77/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (applies to vehicles fuelled by liquid petroleum gas or compressed natural gas) | 83.04, paragraph 5 | ||||
1st January 2001 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits) | |||||
1st January 2002 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits) | |||||
1st January 2003 (until this date, a diesel passenger vehicle is treated as a vehicle of category N1) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 1 limits) |
"Diesel passenger vehicle" means a vehicle of category M1 the maximum mass of which exceeds 2,000 kg, fitted with a compression ignition engine, and which is-
(b) an off-road vehicle as defined in Annex II to the 1970 Directive. |
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1st January 2006 (applies from this date to passenger cars and Class I vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits) | |||||
1st January 2007 (applies from this date to vehicles of category M1 other than passenger cars, Class II and Class III vehicles) | Directive 98/69/EC, Annex I, paragraph 5 (Phase 2 limits). | " |
[3] S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18)back
[6] S.R. 1995 No. 450 as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 139, 1998 No. 75, 1998 No. 226, 1999 No. 79, 2001 No. 365 and 2002 No. 48back
[7] S. R. & O. (N.I.) 1963 No. 79 as amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1969 No. 172back
[9] Treaty Series, No. 11 (1930)back
[10] S.I. 1995/2518, relevant amending regulations are S.I. 2000/258back