Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2409
Road traffic
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006
Made
5th September 2006
Laid before Parliament
11th September 2006
Coming into force
13th October 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. 3) Regulations 2006, and shall come into force on 13th October 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 “dated 6th March 2006”, there shall be added “, and by Directive 2005/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated 26th October 2005”.
Amendments of Schedule 1 (separate Directives)
3. In the table in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, after item 58 (pedestrian protection), there shall be added the following item—
| “ 60 | 2005/66/EC† | L309, 25.11.2005, p.37 | Frontal protection system ” |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
G.Merron
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
5th September 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 , 2006/142 and 2006/1695 .
OJ No. L42, 23.02.1970, p.1.
OJ No. L309, 25.11.2005, p.37.