
2007 No. 240
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (revoked)
Made 16th April 2007
Coming into operation 10th July 2007
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Citation and commencement
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General interpretation
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Interpretation of instruments referred to in Schedule 1
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Interpretation of “low volume type approval vehicle”
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Application
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Modifications in relation to vehicles to which the Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 apply
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Type approval requirements — application
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Application for type approval
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Application for Department’s approval certificate
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Application for further type approval certificate
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Appeals
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Forms of certificates
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Duplicate certificates
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Keeping and inspection of records relating to certificates of conformity
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Authorisations to carry out examinations for type approval
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Notices
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Obligatory certificates
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Licences not to be issued for vehicles unless appropriate certificates are in force
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Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 7
PART I TYPE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS
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PART II LOW VOLUME TYPE APPROVAL VEHICLES
INTERIOR FITTINGS
(See Item 18B in Part I)
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SCHEDULE 2
Dates of Application of Items 25 and 26 of Part I of Schedule 1
Regulation 7(14)
PART I
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PART II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 7(15)
PART I
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PART II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 4
Regulation 7(15)
PART I
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Meaning of “type approval end of series vehicle”
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Meaning of “relevant vehicle” for the purposes of this Part
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Meaning of “specified number” for the purposes of this Part
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Circumstances in which a vehicle is to be regarded as having been in the territory of a relevant State for the purposes of this Part
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PART III MEANING OF “LATE ENTRY INTO SERVICE VEHICLE” IN PART I
Meaning of “late entry into service vehicle” in paragraph 1
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Circumstances in which a vehicle is to be regarded as having been in the territory of a relevant State for the purposes of this Part
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SCHEDULE 5
Regulation 2(1)
PART I
PART II
PART III
SCHEDULE 6
Regulation 12(1)
PART I
PART II
SCHEDULE 7
Regulation 12(2)
PART I
PART II
PART III
SCHEDULE 8
Regulation 12(3)
PART I
PART II
SCHEDULE 9
Regulations revoked
Regulation 19

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