ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993. Preliminary 2 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. Amendments relating to tyres 3 In regulation 24(3)(b), after “64” there shall be inserted the words “or Community Directive 92/23 ”. 4 1 Regulation 25 shall be amended as follows: 2 In Table II— a in column 4, after the words “Tyres marked in accordance with ECE Regulation 30, 30.01 or 30.02”, there shall be inserted the words “and relevant car tyres”; b in column 4, after the words “Tyres marked in accordance with ECE Regulation 54”, there shall be inserted the words “and relevant commercial vehicle tyres”; c in column 4, after the words “Annex 8 to ECE Regulation 54”, wherever they appear, there shall be inserted the words “or Appendix 8 to Annex II to Community Directive 92/23”; and d in item 12, before the word “vehicle” there shall be inserted the word “motor”. 3 In paragraph (7), after the word “vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “was marked with a designated approval mark or”. 4 In paragraph (9)— a before the definition of “dual wheels”, there shall be inserted the following definition— “designated approval mark” means the marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 5 of the Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 33 in Schedule 4 to those Regulations (that item being a marking relating to Community Directive 92/23); b in the definition of “load-capacity index”, after the words “as in” there shall be inserted the words “paragraph 2.28 of Annex II to Community Directive 92/23 or”; and c in the definition of “speed category”, after the words “as in” there shall be inserted the words “paragraph 2.29 of Annex II to Community Directive 92/23 or”. 5 After paragraph (9), there shall be inserted the following paragraphs— 9A For the purposes of this regulation, a tyre is a “relevant car tyre” if— a it has been marked with a designated approval mark, and b the first two digits of the approval number comprised in the mark are “02”. 9B For the purposes of this regulation, a tyre is a “relevant commercial vehicle tyre” if— a it has been marked with a designated approval mark, and b the first two digits of the approval number comprised in the mark are “00”. Amendments relating to glass 5 1 Regulation 31 shall be amended as follows: 2 In paragraph (4), after the definition of “caravan” there shall be inserted the following— “designated approval mark” means the marking designated as an approval mark by Regulation 5 of the Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 31 or 32 in Schedule 4 to those Regulations (those items being markings relating to Community Directive 92/22); and . 3 After paragraph (4), there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 5 Paragraph (2) does not apply to glass which is legibly and permanently marked with a designated approval mark. 6 1 Regulation 32 shall be amended as follows: 2 After paragraph (12), there shall be inserted the following paragraphs— 12A Paragraphs (2), (6), (7) and (8) do not apply to a window which is legibly and permanently marked with a designated approval mark. 12B Paragraph (10) does not apply to a window if— a it is a window to which paragraph 12C applies and is legibly and permanently marked with a designated approval mark which does not comprise the Roman numeral “V” (other than as part of the combination “ VI ”); or b it is not a window to which paragraph 12C applies and is legibly and permanently marked with a designated approval mark. 12C This paragraph applies to a side or rear window if— a any part of it is on either side of or forward of the driver’s seat; or b any part of it is within the driver’s indirect field of view obtained by means of the mirror or mirrors which are required to be fitted by regulation 33 when such mirrors are properly adjusted; and for the purposes of this paragraph a mirror shall not be regarded as being required to be fitted by regulation 33 if, were it to be removed, the vehicle would nevertheless meet the requirements of regulation 33. 7 In paragraph (13), before the definition of “safety glazing”, there shall be inserted the following definition— “designated approval mark” means— in relation to a windscreen, the marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 5 of the Approval Marks Regulations and shown at item 31 in Schedule 4 to those Regulations, and in relation to a window other than a windscreen, the markings designated as approval marks by regulation 5 of those Regulations and shown at item 32 in Schedule 4 to those Regulations. Amendments relating to mirrors 8 1 Regulation 33 shall be amended as follows: 2 In the Table— a in column 3 of item 3 and 4, after the words “Community Directive 86/562” there shall be inserted the words “or 88/321 or paragraph 16.2.1 of ECE Regulation 46.01 ”; and b in column 4 of items 1 and 3 to 6, after the words “Community Directive 86/562” there shall be inserted the words “or 88/321 or paragraphs 4 to 8 of ECE Regulation 46.01”. 3 In paragraph (5) for the words “or 86/562” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “,86/562 or 88/321 or ECE Regulation 46.01”. Amendments to Schedule 2 9 1 Schedule 2 shall be amended as follows: 2 After item 54A of Table I, there shall be inserted the following item— 54B 88/321 16.5.88 L147, 14.6.68, p. 77 Mirrors 71/127 as amended by 79/795, 85/205 and 86/562 — — 3 After item 64 of Table I, there shall be inserted the following items— 65 92/22 31.3.92 L129, 14.5.92, p. 11 Safety glazing and glazing materials on motor vehicles and their trailers — — — 66 92/23 31.3.92 L129, 14.5.92, p.95 Tyres ofmotor vehicles and their trailers and their fitting — — — 4 Items 21A and 21B of Table II shall be renumbered 21B and 21C respectively and after item 21 of that Table there shall be inserted the following item— 21A 46.01 46. 21.10.84 Mirrors 30.5.88 — — Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Kenneth Carlisle Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 8th December 1992