2017 No. 852 Road Traffic
11th September 2017 20th May 2018
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1), (2) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988. In accordance with section 195(2) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted with such representative organisations as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 20th May 2018.
The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 are amended as follows. In the Table in regulation 3(2)— In regulation 18— In the Table in regulation 20— In regulation 23— After regulation 23 insert— In Table 1 in Schedule 1, at the end insert— In Schedule 14, before the heading “Requirements relating to optional reversing lamps” insert— After Schedule 23 insert—
after the definition of “Abnormal load escort vehicle” insert—
after the definition of “Daytime hours” insert—
after the definition of “Headlamp” insert—
in paragraph (1) after “paragraphs (2),” insert “(2ZA),”,
after paragraph (2) insert—
The requirements specified in paragraph (1) do not apply in the case of a headlamp cleaning device fitted to a lamp, other than a gas discharge headlamp or an adaptive front lighting system.
in paragraph (4) at the end insert “, and 24”.
in the entry for item 14, in column 3 after “Schedule 14” insert “, Part II”, and
at the end insert—
in paragraph (2)(a)—
at the end of paragraph (viii) omit “and”,
after paragraph (ix) insert—
daytime running lamp,
headlamp cleaning device, and
reversing lamp,
in paragraph (2)(b)—
at the end of paragraph (v) omit “and”,
after paragraph (vi) insert—
front fog lamp,
in paragraph (3)—
at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “or”,
after sub-paragraph (d) insert–
a front fog lamp or a daytime running lamp on a vehicle which was first registered before 1st March 2018.
The Secretary of State must from time to time—
carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in regulations 18 and 23, and in Schedules 1, 14 and 24, which relate to—
daytime running lamps,
front fog lamps,
headlamp cleaning devices, and
reversing lamps, and
publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
The first report must be published before 20th May 2023.
Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.
Section 30(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a review carried out under this regulation must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Article 6 of Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers is implemented in other member States.
Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report published under this regulation must, in particular—
set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),
assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,
assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and
if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.
In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).