Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 560
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2001
Made
26th February 2001
Laid before Parliament
28th February 2001
Coming into force
21st March 2001
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1988( 1 ), and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 21st March 2001.
Amendment of regulation 11
2. In regulation 11 of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989( 2 ), after paragraph (2)(s) there is inserted—
“ (sa) reflected blue, yellow and white light from a retro reflective plate displaying a distinguishing sign in accordance with Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 2411/98 3 ) ; ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
26th February 2001
1988 c. 52 . Section 41 has been amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991, Schedule 4, paragraph 50, and Schedule 8.
S.I. 1989/1796 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
Council Regulation of 3 November 1998 on the recognition in intra-Community traffic of the distinguishing sign of the Member State in which motor vehicles and their trailers are registered; OJ No. L299, 10.11.98, p.1.