Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 3135
Road Traffic
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007
Made
30th October 2007
Laid before Parliament
2nd November 2007
Coming into force
1st December 2007
The Secretary of State for Transport 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 her by that section, she 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 2007, and shall come into force on 1st December 2007.
(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, for the definition of “the Framework Directive”, substitute—
“ “the Framework Directive” means Council Directive ( 70/156/ ( EEC 4 ) , dated 6th February 1970—
Amendment of Schedule 1 (separate Directives)
3. —(1) The table in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) In items 1 to 3, 7 to 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21 to 26, 28 to 31, 35, 36, 38, 43, 50 to 52, 57 and 60, in the third and fourth columns, after the last entry in each item, add—
| “ 2006/96/EC | L363, 20.12.2006, p.81 ” . |
(3) In item 16 (external projections), in the third and fourth columns, after the last entry, add—
| “ 2007/15/EC* | L75, 15.3.2007, p.21 ” . |
(4) In item 41 (diesel emissions), in the third and fourth columns, after the last entry, add—
| “ 2006/81/EC* | L362, 20.12.2006, p.92 ” . |
(5) After item 60, add the following item—
| “ 61 | 2006/40/EC† | L161, 14.6.2006, p.12 | Air-conditioning system ” . |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
30th October 2007
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 , 2006/1695 , 2006/2409 , 2006/2816 and 2007/855 .
OJ No. L42, 23.2.1970, p.1.
OJ No. L363, 20.12.2006, p.81.
OJ No. L275, 20.10.2005, p.1.
OJ No. L161, 14.6.2006, p.12.
OJ No. L75, 15.3.2007, p.21.
OJ No. L266, 2.10.1974, p.4, as last amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, OJ No. L236, 23.9.2003, p.33.
OJ No. L362, 20.12.2006, p.92.
1988 c. 52 ; see section 85(1) of that Act, as amended by S.I. 1992/3107 , regulation 16 and Schedule 2, paragraph 5. There are other amendments to that Act, not relevant to these Regulations.