MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 14th March, 2022
G.S.R. 200(E).—Whereas, the draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 were published, as required under sub-section (1) of section 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number G.S.R. 886(E), dated the 28th December, 2021, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which copies of the official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas, copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public on the 28th December, 2021;
And whereas, no objections and suggestions were received from the public in respect of the said draft rules;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2022.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (here in after referred to as the said rules), in Rule 93,-
(i) in sub-rule (1) (A), in clause (IX), in the Table, for the words “*Mechanical trailer with exceptional length with a puller tractor” the words “*Mechanical trailer with exceptional length with N3 category truck or tractor” shall be substituted
(ii) in sub-rule (2), in clause (2), in the first Explanation, under the heading “ (A) The rearmost point of the vehicle exclusive of- ”, in the proviso, in item (b), for sub-items (ii), (iii) and (iv), the following sub-items shall be substituted, namely:-
“(ii) in the case of a vehicle having only three axles and the front axle is the only steering axle, the centre point of the rearmost axle, irrespective of rear axle(s) being "fixed" or "retractable" (lift axle); or
(iii) in the case of a vehicle having only three axles where two front axles are steering axles, the centre point of the rearmost axle, irrespective of rear axle(s) being "fixed" or "retractable" (lift axle);or (iv) in the case of a vehicle having four or more than four axles; the centre point of the rearmost axle, irrespective of rear axle(s) being "fixed" or "retractable" (lift axle); or ”.
3. After rule 125J of the said rules, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
“125K. Safety requirements for Road Train.- The procedure for type approval and certification of Road Train, shall be in accordance with AIS-113, as amended from time to time, till the corresponding BIS specifications are notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016).”.
[F. No. RT-11028/02/2021-MVL]
AMIT VARADAN, Jt. Secy.