UK Statutory Instrument
2020
United Kingdom
The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020
These Regulations make provision in connection with Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (OJ No. L 151, 14.6.2018, p.1) (“the Type Approval Regulation”). In particular, they:— appoint the Secretary of State as the approval authority and the market surveillance authority for the purposes of the Type Approval Regulation (regulations 3 and 4)— specify when the Secretary of State may treat any application as having been withdrawn by the manufacturer (regulation 5) or when it must be refused (regulation 6)— require the holder of a type approval to retain certain records (regulation 7)— provide for a review procedure in respect of notices given in connection with decisions taken pursuant to the Type Approval Regulation, etc. (regulation 8)— specify when and how an approval may be withdrawn (regulation 9) and the effect of such a withdrawal or a suspension (regulation 10)— set out how any notice or other document is to be served by the approval authority, market surveillance authority or enforcement authority (regulation 11)— authorise the approval authority to provide and maintain testing stations and apparatus to use for examination of products for the purposes of the Type Approval Regulation (regulation 12)— provide that breach of the duty to provide certain technical information which causes a person to sustain loss or damage is actionable at the suit of that person, and that a defence is available to the manufacturer where they have exercised all due diligence (regulation 13)— provide for an offence of placing on the market or registering a vehicle that is fitted with a defeat system (regulation 14)— provide for applications for, and the granting of, national small series type approval (regulations 15 and 16, and Schedule 1)— provide for recognition of national type approvals of small series granted in other EU Member States (regulation 17)— provide for applications for individual approvals of vehicles (regulation 18 and Schedule 2) and appeals against decisions made (regulation 19)— provide for the form of certificates to be used for national type approval of small series and individual approval (regulation 20)— provide that the grant of a first vehicle licence or the registration of motor vehicles cannot happen unless a certificate of conformity or individual approval has been issued in respect of the vehicle (regulation 21)— provide for consent to be obtained for the supply of large trailers (regulation 23 and Schedule 3) and for certain records to be kept in relation to large trailers and small trailers (regulations 24 and 25)— provide for limits on the number of end-of-series vehicles entering into service (regulation 27)— provide for derogations from the requirements of the Type Approval Regulation in respect of components or separate technical units intended for fitment to vehicles which have been exempted from one or more provisions of the Type Approval Regulation, or which are not required to be type-approved by the Type Approval Regulation (regulation 28)— provide for breach of these Regulations, the Type Approval Regulation or legislation listed in Schedule 5 to be an offence, and for offences to be punishable either by criminal or civil penalties (regulation 29 and Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4)— make provision for enforcement of these Regulations, including in connection with false statements and obstruction of officers, powers of search, detention of goods by customs officers and recovery of expenses of enforcement (regulation 29 and Part 3 of Schedule 4)— make consequential amendments to various enactments, and revoke instruments replaced by the Type Approval Regulation (regulation 30(1) and Schedule 6)— provide for the continuation under these Regulations or the Type Approval Regulation of anything done under, or by virtue of, any regulation revoked by these Regulations, if it could have been done under or for the purpose of the corresponding provision of these Regulations or the Type Approval Regulation (regulation 30(2))— make transitional provision in respect of existing national small series type approvals of vehicles over 4m in height (regulation 31)— make transitional provision until the end of 2020 in respect of requirements for paper certificates of conformity in connection with national small series type approval (regulation 32) Show full description Show less
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Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of...
Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of...
Regulation (EC) No 79/2009 of the European Parliament and of...
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Amendment of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981
Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995
Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1999
Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
Amendment of the Passenger Car (Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions Information) Regulations 2001
Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002
Amendment of the Motor Vehicle Testing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
Amendment of the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003
Amendment of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003
Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988
Amendment of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005
Amendment of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Individual Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2009
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Replacement of Catalytic Converters and Pollution Control Devices) Regulations 2009
Amendment of the Cleaner Road Transport Vehicles (Scotland) Regulations 2010
Amendment of the Cleaner Road Transport Vehicles Regulations 2011
Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012
Amendment of the Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing) Regulations 2012
Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Automotive Short Range Radar) (Exemption) Regulations 2013
Amendment of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994
Amendment of the Taxi Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2015
Amendment of the Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
Amendment of the Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) Order 2017
Amendment of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018
Amendment of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
Amendment of the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019
Amendment of the Air Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Amendment of the Road Vehicle Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Amendment of the Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Amendment of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
Amendment of the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Amendment of the REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Amendment of the REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No 3) Regulations 2019
Revocations
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 1980
Amendment of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981
Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989
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Exemptions
Definitions
Type-approval provisions
Assessment of the manufacturer
Reuse of component parts
Modifications of UNECE Regulation 133
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Application
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Interpretation
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Appointment of approval authority
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Market surveillance authority
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Requirement to supply documentation or additional information: failure to comply
(1) A vehicle is a personally imported vehicle if either...
Refusal of ... type-approval application
Reusability, recycling and recovery of component parts and materials
(1) A vehicle is an amateur built vehicle if—
Conformity of production: record keeping
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Review of decisions
Withdrawal of approvals: mistake or error
Withdrawal and suspension of approvals: effect
Service
Provision of testing stations
Provision of technical information: loss or damage
Defeat systems
Applications for GB small series type-approval and UK (NI) national small series type approval
Grant of GB small series type-approval and UK (NI) national small series type approval
Recognition in Northern Ireland of national type approvals of small series granted in ... member States
Individual approval
Applications for individual approvals: appeals
Form of certificates: UK (NI) national small series type approval, GB small series type-approval and individual approval
Grant of first licence or registration of motor vehicle
Interoperability for car radio receivers
Consent to supply of large trailers for use on a road
Records of large trailers
Records of small trailers
Interpretation of Part
End-of-Series vehicles: limits (Great Britain)
End-of-Series vehicles: limits (Northern Ireland)
Components and separate technical units: derogations
Offences, enforcement and civil penalties
Consequential amendments, revocations and savings
Transitional provision: national small series type approval of vehicles over 4m in height
Transitional provision: national small series type approval certificate of conformity
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Vehicle Certification Agency
Type approval authority for new vehicles, components, and systems. Certifies that vehicles meet safety and environmental standards. Issues UK type approvals replacing …
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