Vehicles (Construction and Use Regulations)

HC Deb 27 February 1986 vol 92 cc645-6W

Mr. Thornton

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether vehicles which have an EEC type approval certificate are required to conform with United Kingdom construction and use regulations.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

There is no European Community type approval scheme for complete motor vehicles. Directives specify requirements for individual vehicles systems or components. Vehicles having systems or components which are certified as complying with the requirements of a directive are exempt, as far as those systems or components are concerned, from comparable construction requirements in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1978. Vehicle users are not, however, exempt from the obligation to ensure that their vehicles are maintained in good and efficient working order.