Consultation outcome

Vehicle type approval: establishing a GB road vehicle approval scheme

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 1 June 2022
• Last updated: 1 September 2022 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Establishing a GB type approval scheme for road vehicles: summary of responses and outcome

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Detail of outcome

The main outcomes are a longer lead time before the compulsory application of the GB scheme and allowing the continued use of EU paper certificates of conformity until July 2026.

This was released on 1 September 2022.

Detail of feedback received

All information regarding feedback to this consultation is detailed in the outcome document.

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposes creating an approval scheme for new road vehicles in Great Britain, the scheme will replace the existing interim measures after leaving the EU.

This consultation ran from
1 June 2022 to 11:45pm on 29 June 2022

Consultation description

Seeks views on proposals to create a vehicle type approval scheme for Great Britain. This will be a newly established and permanent replacement to the existing interim scheme that came into force at the end of the transition period with the EU.

The scheme proposes to:

• be the basis for future changes to technical requirements to enable innovation, such as increased vehicle automation
• extend the existing scheme for road vehicles, motorcycles and tractors to allow for an orderly transition to the full scheme
• apply the interim scheme to components, trailers and engines for machinery

Documents

Establishing a GB type approval scheme for road vehicles: a consultation

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Published 1 June 2022
Last updated 1 September 2022 + show all updates

1. 1 September 2022

   Outcome and summary of responses to the consultation released.

2. 1 June 2022

   First published.