The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Brexit SI to deal with deficiencies in retained EU law arising from withdrawal from the EU in a "no-deal" scenario.

The proposed changes are designed to ensure that the type approval regime is effective after EU withdrawal. If these changes are not made the legislation will not be operable after EU withdrawal because the UK would be required to continue to accept motor vehicles entering the UK market which have a type approval granted by one of the EU-27 approval authorities, and would have no formal way to challenge the validity of the approval, for example if there was an allegation of non-compliance.

After Exit day there would also be uncertainty over: 1) whether the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) has a legal basis to continue to issue approvals for vehicles or engines; 2) the requirements for registration of vehicles; and 3) the requirements for placing machinery engines on the market.