Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 20th May 2018.

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981

2.The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981( 2 ) are amended as follows.

3. In regulation 3(1), before the definition of “authorisation” insert—

“ “American pickup” means a motor vehicle with a manufacturer’s declaration (on a plate on the vehicle) that it meets the motor vehicle safety standards applicable under the law in the United States of America or Canada ( 3 ) and—

4. In regulation 5—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“ (1) For the purposes of these Regulations motor vehicles to which they apply are classified as follows—

(a) Class I: Light motor bicycles in EU categories L1e, L3e and L4e;

(b) Class II : Motor bicycles in EU categories L3e and L4e;

(c) Class III : Light motor vehicles in EU categories L2e and L5e;

(d) Class IV :

(i) Motor vehicles in EU categories L5e, L6e, L7e, M1, M2, M3 and N1 not being vehicles within Classes III, IVA, V, VA , VI , VIA or VII ; and

(ii) American pickups;

(e) Class IVA: Minibuses, other than vehicles to which paragraph (4) applies, in EU categories M2 and M3 not being vehicles within Classes III, V, VA, VI or VIA, in respect of which any forward-facing seat is fitted with a relevant seat belt;

(f) Class V: Motor vehicles in EU categories M2 and M3 not being vehicles within Class VA which are—

(i) large passenger-carrying vehicles;

(ii) public service vehicles—

(aa) of a type specified in paragraph (3), and

(bb) constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 seated passengers, and

(iii) play buses;

(g) Class VA: Motor vehicles, other than vehicles to which paragraph (4) applies, in EU categories M2 and M3 which are—

(i) large passenger-carrying vehicles;

(ii) public service vehicles—

(aa) of a type specified in paragraph (3), and

(bb) constructed or adapted to carry more than 12 seated passengers, and

(iii) play buses,

in respect of which any forward-facing seat is fitted with a relevant seat belt;

(h) Class VI: Public service vehicles, other than those of a type specified in paragraph (3), in EU categories M2 and M3 not being vehicles within Class VIA;

(i) Class VIA: Public service vehicles, not being vehicles to which paragraph (4) applies, in EU categories M2 and M3 other than those of a type specified in paragraph (3), in respect of which any forward facing seat is fitted with a relevant seat belt;

(j) Class VII: Goods vehicles in EU category N1 of which the design gross weight is more than 3,000 kilograms but does not exceed 3,500 kilograms;

and (except as otherwise provided in these Regulations) any reference in these Regulations to a class of vehicles is to be construed accordingly. ” ,

(b) After paragraph (5) insert—

“ (6) In this regulation references to vehicles in EU categories—

(a) L1e to L7e are to those categories as described in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval and market surveillance of two or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles ( 4 ) ;

(b) M1 to M3, and N1, are to those categories as described in Annex 2 to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles ( 5 ) . ” .

5. In regulation 6(1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (xxi), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“ (b) a vehicle which has an inside track width of less than 810 millimetres; ” ,

(b) omit sub-paragraphs (xxii) and (xxiii),

(c) for sub-paragraph (xxvi), substitute—

“ (xxvi) a public service vehicle having a date of manufacture before 1st January 1960 and which has not undergone substantial changes in the technical characteristics of its main components; ” ,

(d) at the end insert—

“ (xxvii) a vehicle which is incapable, by reason of its construction, of exceeding a speed of 15.5 miles per hour on the level under its own power;

(xxviii) a vehicle of historical interest other than a public service vehicle. ” .

6. In regulation 6(3)(b) for “Islands of” substitute “islands of Bute, “.

7. In regulation 6(5) at the end insert—

“ “vehicle of historical interest” means a vehicle which is considered to be of historical interest to Great Britain and which—

where “type” in relation to a vehicle has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 of the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009 ( 6 ) . ” .

8. In regulation 31(2) for “2009/40/EC” substitute “2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers”( 7 ).

9. In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2—

(a) in the table in sub-paragraph (a), in the entry for number 6, in the second column at the beginning insert “22 and”,

(b) in the table in sub-paragraph (c), in the entry for number 13A, in the second column for “9” substitute “10”.

10. In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2—

(a) in the table in sub-paragraph (b)—

(i) in the entry for item 14, in the second column for “15, 16 and 18” substitute “15 to 17, and 18”,

(ii) in the entry for item 15, in the second column after “30” insert “to 32”,

(iii) in the entry for item 22, in the second column after “the body” add “, body fittings, interior fittings”, and in the third column before “Structure and Suspension” add “Body, Body Fittings,”,

(b) in the table in sub-paragraph (c), in the entry for item 25—

(i) in the second column for “18 and 23” substitute “18, 20 and 23”,

(ii) in the third column for “Rear Fog Lamp” substitute “Front and Rear Fog Lamps”,

(c) in the table in sub-paragraph (c), after item 26 insert—

(d) in the table in sub-paragraph (d), in the entry for item 27, for “4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 to 15” substitute “4 to 7 and 10 to 15”.

11. In paragraph 3 of Schedule 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “2, 3, 4 and 7 to 27” substitute “2 to 4, 7 to 13 and 14 to 27”,

(b) in the table in sub-paragraph (b)—

(i) after item 27A insert—

(ii) in item 28 after “61” insert “and 61A”, and after “Emissions” insert “and Emission Control Devices”,

(iii) in item 28XB omit “, including its ventilation and any connected switches or fuses,”,

(iv) after item 28XE insert—

(c) The requirements contained in the following provisions of the Lighting Regulations—

12. In paragraph 3A of Schedule 2, in sub-paragraph (a), for “2, 3, 4 and 7 to 28XE” substitute “2 to 4, 7 to 13, 14 to 28XJ”.

13. In paragraph 4 of Schedule 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “2, 3, 4, 7 to 13, 16 to 20, 21, 22, and 24 to 28XE” substitute “2 to 4, 7 to 13, 16 to 22, 24 to 28XG, and 28XJ”,

(b) in the table in sub-paragraph (b) omit entry 31.

14. In paragraph 4A of Schedule 2, for “2, 3, 4, 7 to 13, 16 to 20, 21, 22 and 24 to 33” substitute “2 to 4, 7 to 13, 16 to 22, 24 to 28XG, 28XJ, and 29 to 33”.

15. In paragraph 5 of Schedule 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “2, 3, 4, 7 to 13, 16 to 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 to 33” substitute “2 to 4, 7 to 13, 16 to 20, 22, 24 to 27B, 28 to 28XG, and 28XJ to 33”,

(b) omit sub-paragraph (e).

16. In paragraph 5A of Schedule 2, in sub-paragraph (a) for “2, 3, 4” substitute “2 to 4” and for “20, 22, 24 to 26, 27, 28 to 38” substitute “20 to 22, 24 to 28XG, 28XJ to 38”.

17. In paragraph 6 of Schedule 2, for “2, 3, 4, 7 to 13, 15 to 28, 29 and 29A” substitute “2 to 4, 7 to 13, 15 to 28XG, and 28XJ to 29A”.