
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 11th January 1990.
2 
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
3 
In regulation 53A(1) (c) for “1st April 1990” there shall be substituted “1st April 1993”.
4 
In the Table in regulation 83_
(a) in item 4, for paragraph (b) in column 3 there shall be substituted the following paragraph_“
(b) 1 trailer”, and
(b) in item 6 for “1 trailer if laden” there shall be substituted “1 trailer”.
5 
For Part I of Schedule 7 there shall be substituted–“
PART I
A fire extinguisher which complies in all respects with the specification for portable fire extinguishers issued by the British Standards Institution numbered BS 5423: 1977 or BS 5423: 1980 or BS 5423:1987 and which_
(a) has a minimum test fire rating of 8A or 21B, and
(b) contains water or foam or contains, and is marked to indicate that it contains, halon 1211 or halon 1301.
”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Robert Atkins
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
12th December 1989