Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 21st October 2005.

Amendments to regulation 37 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

2. —(1)Regulation 37 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986( 2 ) (audible warning instruments) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (5)—

(a) the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (h) shall be omitted; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (i) shall be added—

“ (j) a vehicle under the lawful control of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and used from time to time for the purposes of investigation of serious crime (which, save for the omission of the words “and, where the authorising officer is within subsection (5)(h), it relates to an assigned matter within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979”, has the meaning given by section 93(4) of the Police Act 1997 ( 3 ) ); or

(k) owned or operated by the Secretary of State for Defence and used for the purpose of any activity–

(i) which prevents or decreases the exposure of persons to radiation arising from a radiation accident or radiation emergency; or

(ii) in connection with an event which could lead to a radiation accident or radiation emergency. ”

(3) After paragraph (9) there shall be added—

“ (9A) In this regulation “radiation accident” and “radiation emergency” shall have the same meaning as in the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 ( 4 ) . ”