55 Type approval certificates

55  Type approval certificates

(1)     Where the Secretary of State is satisfied on application made to him by the manufacturer of a vehicle of a class to which regulations under section 54 of this Act apply and after examination of the vehicle—

(a)     that the vehicle complies with the relevant type approval requirements, and

(b)     that adequate arrangements have been made to secure that other vehicles purporting to conform with that vehicle in the relevant aspects of design, construction, equipment and marking will so conform in all respects or with such variations as may be permitted,

he may approve that vehicle as a type vehicle.

[(1D)     Where the Secretary of State is satisfied on an application made to the Secretary of State by the manufacturer of a vehicle of a class to which relevant regulations apply—

(a)     that the manufacturer holds in respect of that vehicle a valid relevant European approval, and

(b)     that adequate arrangements have been made to secure that other vehicles purporting to conform with that vehicle in the relevant aspects of design, construction, equipment and marking will so conform in all respects or with such variations as may be permitted,

the Secretary of State may

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