21Standards—rare vehicles

21 Standards—rare vehicles

(1) The standards set out in this section apply to a road vehicle that is manufactured or modified in accordance with a Model Report that applies to a model, or one or more variants, of a road vehicle that: (a) is entered on the SEVs Register on the basis of the eligibility criterion in section 135 of the Rules (rarity criterion); and (b) has a gross vehicle mass of 12 tonnes or less. (2) The standards are that the vehicle, once manufactured or modified in accordance with the Model Report: (a) must be oriented for use on the left-hand side of the road; and (b) must: (i) remain of the same variant description as it was before the manufacture or modification took place; and (ii) be of the same variant description listed in the relevant entry on the SEVs Register.

Note: Example: For the purposes of paragraph 21(2)(a)—the vehicle’s headlamps must be appropriately aimed for use on the left-hand side of the road, and collision-avoidance features must not make the car veer to the right (potentially into oncoming traffic).

(3) The standards in subsection (2) apply to the exclusion of the following: (a) an applicable ADR, to the extent it requires the vehicle to be right-hand drive; (b) the following applicable ADRs, to the extent they require destructive testing to demonstrate compliance: (i) ADR 10—Steering Column; (ii) ADR 29—Side Door Strength; (iii) ADR 69—Full Frontal Impact Occupant Protection; (iv) ADR 72—Dynamic Side Impact Occupant Protection; (v) ADR 73—Offset Frontal Impact Occupant Protection; (vi) ADR 85—Pole Side Impact Performance; (c) an applicable ADR, to the extent it imposes requirements concerning advanced braking systems, including: (i) Electronic Stability Control; and (ii) Anti-lock Brakes; and (iii) Advanced Automatic Braking; and (iv) Brake Assist Systems.