
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988.
2 

(1) The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
(2) The Secretary of State is satisfied that —
(a) it is requisite that the provision in regulation 3, 4 and 7 of these Regulations (being provisions which vary the requirements as regards the construction of certain classes of vehicles) shall apply as from 1st October 1988 to vehicles registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 before the expiration of one year from the making of these Regulations; and
(b) notwithstanding that the said provision will then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience will be caused thereby.
3 
In regulation 36A(5), at the end of the definition of “Part I of the British Standard” there shall be added the following words —
“as amended by Amendment Slip No. 1 under the number AMD 5969 which was published and came into effect on 30th June 1988”.
4 
In regulation 70A —
(a) in paragraph (4)(c) for the words “limiter supplier” there shall be substituted the words “limiter calibrator”; and
(b) in paragraph (5)(b) for the words “limiter supplier” there shall be substituted the words “limiter calibrator”.
5 
After regulation 39, there shall be inserted the following regulations —“
39A 

(1) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be designed and constructed for running on unleaded petrol.
(2) No person shall use or cause or permit to be used a vehicle to which this regulation applies on a road if it —
(a) has been deliberately altered or adjusted for running on leaded petrol, and
(b) as a direct result of such alteration or adjustment it is incapable of running on unleaded petrol.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) this regulation applies to every motor vehicle which is —
(a) propelled by a spark ignition engine which is capable of running on petrol, and
(b) is first used on or after the 1st April 1991.
(4) Part I of Schedule 3A shall have effect for the purpose of excluding certain vehicles first used before specified dates from the application of this regulation.
(5) In this regulation “petrol”, “leaded petrol” and “unleaded petrol” have the same meaning as in Community Directive 85/210.
(6) A vehicle shall be regarded for the purposes of this regulation as incapable of running on unleaded petrol at any particular time if and only if in its state of adjustment at that time prolonged continuous running on such petrol would damage the engine.
39B 

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), every fuel tank fitted to a vehicle to which regulation 39A applies shall be so constructed and fitted that it cannot readily be filled from a petrol pump delivery nozzle which has an external diameter of 23.6mm or greater without the aid of a device (such as a funnel) not fitted to the vehicle.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a vehicle in respect of which both of the following conditions are satisfied, that is to say —
(a) that at the time of its first use the vehicle is so designed and constructed that prolonged continuous running on leaded petrol would not cause any device designed to control the emission of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons or nitrogen oxides to malfunction, and
(b) that it is conspicuously and legibly marked in a position immediately visible to a person filling the fuel tank with —
(i) the word “UNLEADED”, or
(ii) the symbol shown in Part II of Schedule 3A.
(3) In this regulation “fuel tank”, in relation to a vehicle, means a fuel tank used in connection with the propulsion of the vehicle.”.
6 
A schedule shall be inserted after Schedule 3 in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule to these Regulations.
7 
In regulation 61(4) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —“
(b) if it is propelled by a spark ignition engine —
(i) in a case where the first use is before 1st April 1991, with Community Directive 78/665, 83/351 or 88/76, or ECE Regulation 15.03 or 15.04; or
(ii) in any other case, with Community Directive 83/351 or 88/76, or ECE Regulation 15.04.”.
8 
In Table 1 in Schedule 2 —
(a) after item 49 there shall be inserted the following item —“
49A 
85/210 20.3.85 L96, 3.4.85, p.25 The lead content of petrol”
(b) after item 51 there shall be added the following item —“

52 
88/76 3.12.87 L36, 9.2.88, p.1 Measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from the engines of motor vehicles 70/220 as amended by 74/290, 77/102, 78/665, and 83/351 4D 2B”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Peter Bottomley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
5th September 1988
SCHEDULE
Regulation 6

The following Schedule shall be inserted after Schedule 3 to the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986“
SCHEDULE 3A
(see regulations 39A and 39B)
PART I
1 

(1) In this Part —
 “EEC type approval certificate” means a certificate issued by a member state of the European Economic Community in accordance with Community Directive 70/220 as originally made or with any amendments which have from time to time been made before 5th September 1988;
 “engine capacity” means in the case of a reciprocating engine, the nominal swept volume and, in the case of a rotary engine, double the nominal swept volume;
 “off-road vehicle” has the meaning given by Annex I to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6th February 1970 as amended at 5th September 1988;
 “relevant authority” means —
(a) in relation to an EEC type approval certificate issued by the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State, and
(b) in relation to an EEC type approval certificate issued by any other member state of the European Economic Community, the authority having power under the law of that state to issue that certificate.
(2) The reference in this Schedule to a M1 category vehicle is a reference to a vehicle described as M1 in Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6th February 1970 as amended at 5th September 1988.
3 
A vehicle of a description specified in column 2 of the Table below is excluded from the application of regulation 39A if it is first used before the date specified in column 3 and the conditions specified in paragraph 3 are satisfied in respect to it on that date.
4 
The conditions referred to in paragraph 2 are —
(a) that the vehicle is a model in relation to which there is in force an EEC type approval certificate issued before 1st October 1989;
(b) that the manufacturer of the vehicle has supplied to the relevant authority which issued the EEC type approval certificate, a certificate stating that adapting vehicles of that model to the fuel requirements specified in the Annexes to Community Directive 88/76 would entail a change in material specification of the inlet or exhaust valve seats or a reduction in the compression ratio or an increase in the engine capacity to compensate for loss of power; and
(c) that the relevant authority has accepted the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (b).

Table
Item Description of vehicle Date before which vehicle must be first used
(1) (2) (3)
1. Vehicles with an engine capacity of less than 1400cc. 1.4.92
2. Vehicles with an engine capacity of not less than 1400cc and not more than 2000cc. 1.4.94
3. M1 category vehicles with an engine capacity of more than 2000cc and which —
(a) are constructed or adapted to carry not more than 5 passengers excluding the driver, or
(b) have a maximum gross weight of not more than 2500kg.not being in either case, an off-road vehicle. 1.4.93
PART II”
