draft GSR 886(E) dated 27th December 2021 Safety Requirements for Road Train

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 727] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2021/PAUSA 7, 1943 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th December, 2021 G.S.R. 886(E).— The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the said Act for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in the Official Gazette, are made available to the public; Objections and suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Joint Secretary (MVL, Transport & Toll), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001 or on the email: [email protected]; The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person in respect of the said draft rules before the expiry of the aforesaid period will be considered by the Central Government. DRAFT RULES 1. Short Title and commencement.-(1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (……Amendment) Rules, 2021. (2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, in Rule 93, in sub-rule (1) (A), in sub-rule (IX), in the Table, the words “*Mechanical trailer with exceptional length with a puller tractor” shall be substituted by “*Mechanical trailer with exceptional length with N3 category truck/tractor”. 3. In Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, in Rule 93, in sub-rule (2), in sub-sub-rule (2), in Explanation, the figures and words “(i) In the case of a vehicle having only two axles, one of which is not a steering axle, the centre point of that axle; or (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); (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); (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); ” shall be substituted by “(B) (i) In the case of a vehicle having only two axles, one of which is not a steering axle, the center point of that axle; or (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 ”. 4. In the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, after rule 125J, 125K shall be inserted, namely: “125K. Safety Requirements for Road Train On and from the 1 st day of March, 2022, 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).” [No. RT-11028/02/2021-MVL] AMIT VARADAN, Jt. Secy. Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and last amended vide notification number G.S.R. _____(E) dated ______. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. ALOK KUMAR