
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st October 1992.
2 
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984 are further amended in accordance with the following provisions.
3 
In regulation 2(1), after the definition of “the prescribed type approval requirements” there shall be inserted the following definition—“
 “registered” means registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971;”.
4 

(1) Regulation 4 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1), before “(2)” there shall be inerted “(1A),” and for the words “used on a road” there shall be substituted the word “registered”.
(3) After paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(1A) In relation to a particular vehicle—
(a) a type approval requirement applicable to the vehicle at the date of manufacture shall continue to apply to it until it is registered; and
(b) a type approval requirement which is applicable to vehicles as from a date after that vehicle was manufactured shall not apply to the vehicle unless the subject matter of the requirement is the same as that of a requirement applicable to it on the date it was manufactured;
but nothing in this paragraph affects the operation of sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) in so far as it relates to item 4G of Schedule 1 (exhaust emission requirements).”
(4) After paragraph (11), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(12) In this regulation, “prescribed” means prescribed under section 54 and 63(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.”
5 
In Schedule 1—
(a) for items 12A(1), 12A(2) and 12A(3) there shall be substituted the items set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
(b) after item 15B there shall be inserted the item set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and
(c) after item 17A, there shall be inserted the item set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Kenneth Carlisle
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
8th September 1992
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 5(a)


(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Item No Subject Matter Particulars of instrument or other document containing requirements and of the nature of the requirement Vehicles exempted from requirements Date of application Date of cessation of application
  (a) (b) (c)
  Description, reference number and date of Instrument Official Journal reference of Community Instrument Nature of requirement and place in instrument where stated
12A(1) Seat belts Council Directive 77/541/EEC of 28 June 1977 as amended by Council Directive 81/576/EEC of 20 July 1981, Commission Directive 82/319/EEC of 2 April 1982 and Commission Directive 90/628/EEC of 30 October 1990.orECE Regulation 16 as revised and  amended 22 December 1985, revised on 15 June 1988, corrected on 8 April 1988, amended on 26 March 1989 and 20 November 1989 and corrected on 9 November 1990. L220, 29.77, p95, L209, 29.7.81, p32, L139, 19.5.82, p17 and L341, 6.12.90, p1. Marking requirements in Annex III, paragraph 1.1Marking requirements in paragraphs 4, 5.4 and 5.4.2. Vehicles which have been specially designed and constructed, or specially adapted, for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability if—
(a) the drivers seat and the specified passenger seat (if any) has either a disabled persons seat belt or a seat belt  which complies with column 3: and
(b) no seat belt is fitted to any other forward facing seat other than a disabled persons seat belt or a seat belt which complies with column 3.(The definitions shown in regulation 47 of the Construction and Use Regulations apply to this item.) 1.7.19921.10.1992
12A(2) Seat belt anchorages Council Directive 76/115/EEC of 18 December 1975 as amended by Council Directive 81/575/EEC of 20 July 1981 Commission Directive 82/318/EEC of 2 April 1982 and Commission Directive 90/629/EEC of 30 October 1990.orECE Regulation 14 as revised on 28 April 1976, and corrected on 4 August 1977, 19 July 1978, in September 1979, amended and corrected on 22 November 1984 and amended on 29 January 1992. L24, 30.1.76, p6, L209, 29.7.81, p30, L139, 19.5.82, p9 and L341, 6.12.90, p14. Design, construction and equipment requirements in Annex I, paragraphs 4 and 5 and Annex III.Design, construction and equipment requirements in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 and Annexes 3, 4, 5 and 6.  1.7.19921.10.1992
12A(3) Installation of seat belts Council Directive 7/541/EEC of 28 June 1977.orCouncil Directive 77/541/EEC of 28 June 1977 as amended by Council Directive 81/576/EEC of 20 July 1981 and Council Directive 82/319/EEC of 2 April 1982.orCouncil Directive 77/541/EEC of 28 June 1977 as amended by Council Directive 81/576/EEC of 20 July 1981, Council Directive 82/319/EEC of 2 April 1982 and 90/628/EEC of 30 October 1990. L220, 29.8.77, p95.L220, 29.8.77, p95, L209, 29.7.81, p32 and L39, 19.5.82, p17.L220, 29.8.77, p95, L209. 29.7.81, p32, L39, 19.5.82, p17 and L341, 6.12.90, p1. Installation requirements in Annex I, paragraph 3 with the ommission of the words in 3.1 “must comply with all the provisions of this Directive” and of 3.2.1.Installation requirements in Annex I paragraph 3 with the ommission of the words in 3.1 “must comply with all the provisions of this Directive” and of 3.2.1.Installation requirements in Annex I, paragraph 3 with the omission of the words in 3.1 “must comply with all the provisions of this Directive” and of 3.2.1. Vehicles which have been specially designed and constructed, or specially adapted, for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability if—
(a) the drivers seat and the specified passenger seat (if any) has either a disabled persons seat belt or a seat belt which complies with column 3; and
(b) no seat belt is fitted to any other forward facing seat other than a disabled persons seat belt or a seat belt  that so complies.(The definitions shown in regulation 47 of the Construction and Use Regulations apply to this item.) 1.10.197911.4.19841.7.1992 30.6.199230.6.1992
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 5(b)


(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Item No Subject Matter Particulars of instrument or other document containing requirements and of the nature of the requirement Vehicles exempted from requirements Date of application Date of cessation of application
  (a) (b) (c)
  Description, reference number and date of Instrument Official Journal reference of Community Instrument Nature of requirement and place in instrument where stated
15C Glass in windscreens and other windows on the outside. Council Directive 92/22/EEC of 31 March 1992. L129, 14.5.92, p11. Marking requirements in Annex II, paragraphs 4.4 and 4.5. 
1 
Vehicles of which the glass in the windscreens and other windows on the outside was manufactured in France and which is marked with the letters “TP GS” or “TP GS E” followed by a number being the number of a type approval certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of the law of the French Republic.
2 
Vehicles constructed to be used for police purposes where the windscreens and all other windows are constructed of safety glazing or safety glass. 1.10.1992
SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 5(c)


(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Item No Subject Matter Particulars of instrument or other document containing requirements and of the nature of the requirement Vehicles exempted from requirements Date of application Date of cessation of application
  (a) (b) (c)
  Description, reference number and date of Instrument Official Journal reference of Community Instrument Nature of requirement and place in instrument where stated
17B Tyres with a speed rating not exceeding 200 km/h in the case of diagonal (bias-ply) tyres or not exceeding 210 km/h in the case of radial-ply tyres. Council Directive 92/23/EEC of 31 March 1992. L129, 14.5.92, p95. Marking requirements in Annex I, paragraph 4. Vehicles fitted with tyres not mentioned in column (2) 1.10.1992