UK Statutory Instrument SI 2018 United Kingdom

The Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles (Type-Approval) Regulations 2018

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Enforced by
VCA
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 1 of 7 obligations carry imprisonment (3 months). 2 carry different penalties and 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person4

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

18 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and effect
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Appointment of approval authority
s.004 Market surveillance authority
s.005 Requests for information: failure to comply
s.006 Refusal of EU type-approval application
s.007 Conformity of production: record keeping
s.008 Making available on the market or entry into service: derogations
s.009 Review of decisions
s.010 Withdrawal of approvals: mistake or error
s.011 Withdrawal and suspension of approvals: effect
s.011 Products approved in member States or in Northern Ireland
s.012 Service
s.013 Provision of testing stations
s.014 Provision of technical information: loss or damage
s.014 Defeat devices
s.015 Offences, enforcement and civil penalties
s.016 Consequential amendments and revocations
Schedules

Schedules

7 of 22 shown
s.sch001 Offences and penalties Regulated
  • Fail to comply with agricultural/forestry vehicle type-approval rulesAny Person
s.sch001 Powers of search, Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • VCA officers must follow proper procedure when searching your premisesStatutory regulator
s.sch001 Applications for the release of detained items Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Magistrates' court or sheriff must only release detained items if proceedings cleared or six months elapsedTribunal / Court
s.sch001 Criminal penalties Imprisonment
  • Commit an offence under Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles RegulationsAny Person
s.sch001 Civil penalties Prosecution
  • Commit a type-approval offence under the Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles Regulations (civil penalty)Any Person

Fine up to £50,000

s.sch001 Objection to penalty decision Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • VCA must consider objections to penalty notices and issue written decision within 70 daysStatutory regulator
s.sch001 Obstruction of officers and false statements Regulated
  • Do not obstruct VCA officers or give false informationAny Person
15 other schedules
s.sch001 Powers of customs officers to detain goods
s.sch001 Compensation for seizure and detention
s.sch001 Recovery of the expenses of enforcement
s.sch001 Power of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to disclose information
s.sch001 Savings for certain privileges
s.sch001 Savings for civil rights
s.sch001 Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships
s.sch001 Notification of penalty decision
s.sch001 Civil penalties: appeals
s.sch001 Enforcement of penalty decision
s.sch002 Road Traffic Act 1988
s.sch002 Amendment of the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999
s.sch002 Amendment of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
s.sch002 Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009
s.sch002 Revocations

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