Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 1695
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006
Made
27th June 2006
Laid before Parliament
30th June 2006
Coming into force
30th July 2006
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ) for the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme ( 2 ).
Accordingly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section, he makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 30th July 2006.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1998 ( 3 ).
Amendment of regulation 3 (interpretation)
2. In regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations, in the definition of “the Framework Directive” after the words “Commission Directive 2004/104/EC ”, there shall be inserted “, and, in addition, by the amendments effected by Commission Directives 2005/49/EC , dated 25th July 2005, and 2006/28/EC ( 4 ), dated 6th March 2006”.
Amendments of Schedule 1 (separate Directives)
3. —(1) The table in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.
(2) In item 10 (suppression (radio)), there shall be added in the third and fourth columns after the last entry—
| “ 2005/49/EC* | L194, 26.07.2005, p.12 |
| 2005/83/EC* | L305, 24.11.2005, p.32 |
| 2006/28/EC* | L65, 7.3.2006, p.27 ” |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
S.J. Ladyman
Minister of State
Department for Transport
27th June 2006
S.I. 1972/1811 .
S.I. 1998/2051 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/778 , 1999/2324 , 2000/869 , 2000/2730 , 2001/2809 , 2002/1835 , 2002/2743 , 2003/1019 , 2003/2428 , 2004/73 , 2004/2186 , 2005/2454 and 2006/142 .
OJ No. L65, 7.3.2006, p.27.
OJ No. L42, 23.02.1970, p.1.
OJ No. L194, 26.07.2005, p.12.
OJ No. L305, 24.11.2005, p.32.
OJ No. L152, 6.7.1972, p.15.