REGULATIONS
ALL SIZES, MAKES AND MODELS
COMPLIES WITH ALL LEGISLATION
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PART WORN TYRES
LEGISLATION
The good condition of your tyres is absolutely vital to the
both your safety and that of your passengers. That is why TS
Tyres are highly conscientious in following all government
legislation regarding part worn tyres in accordance with the
Motor Vehicle Tyres (Safety) Regulations 1994 (reg.7) part of
the Consumer Protection Act.
A part worn tyre is sold to you when, and only when, it meets
all of the criteria listed below.
The tyre must not have any cut in excess of 25 millimetres or 10 per cent. of the section width of the tyre, whichever is the greater, measured in
any direction on the outside of the tyre and deep enough to reach the ply or cord;
(b)any internal or external lump, bulge or tear caused by the separation or partial failure of its structure; or
(c)any of the ply or cord exposed internally or externally.
The base of any groove which showed in the original tread pattern of the tyre must be clearly visible.
The grooves of the original tread pattern of the tyre must be of a depth of at least 2 millimetres across the full breadth of tread and round the
entire outer circumference of the tyre.
If the tyre has not been retreaded and is designed so as to be capable of being fitted to a wheel of a passenger car, commercial vehicle or trailer,
it must bear—
(a)an approval mark, being a mark that was moulded on to or into the tyre at the time that it was manufactured and that is in accordance with
the requirements of ECE Regulation 30, 30.01, 30.02 or 54 or of EC Directive 92/23; and
(b)immediately adjacent to every approval mark borne by the tyre, a mark that meets the requirements of paragraph (12).
(7) If the tyre has not been retreaded and is designed so as to be capable of being fitted to a wheel of a passenger car, commercial vehicle or
trailer, it must bear a speed category symbol and load-capacity index, being marks that were moulded on to or into the tyre at the time that it
was manufactured and that are in accordance with the requirements of ECE Regulation 30, 30.01, 30.02 or 54 or of EC Directive 92/23.
(8) If the tyre has been retreaded,
(a)it must bear the mark “BS AU 144b”, “BS AU 144c”, “BS AU 144d” or “BS AU 144e”;
(b)the mark must have been permanently and legibly applied to the tyre at the time that it was retreaded; and
(c)it must bear, immediately adjacent to every mark of a description specified in sub-paragraph (a) and borne by the tyre, a mark that meets the
requirements of paragraph (12).
(9) If the tyre has been retreaded and bears the mark “BS AU 144e”, it must bear a speed category symbol and load-capacity index, being marks
that were permanently and legibly applied to the tyre at the time that it was manufactured or retreaded and that are in accordance with BS AU
144e: 1988.
(10) If the tyre has been repaired, it must have been properly repaired.
(11) Without prejudice to paragraph (10), if the tyre has been repaired, it must meet the requirements of paragraph 7 of BS AU 159e: 1990 (which
include marking requirements) and the requirements of paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of that instrument must have been met in relation to the repair.
(12) In order for a mark to meet the requirements of this paragraph, it must consist of the word “PART-WORN” in uppercase letters at least 4
millimetres high and must have been permanently and legibly applied to the tyre other than by hot branding or otherwise cutting into the tyre.
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Creative Business Park, Langley Park,
County Durham, DH7 9TT
FANTASTIC VALUE PART WORN TYRES
© 2018 TS Tyres
0191 373 5721
sales@tstyres.co.uk
REGULATIONS
ALL SIZES, MAKES AND MODELS
COMPLIES WITH ALL LEGISLATION
PART WORN TYRES
LEGISLATION
The good condition of your tyres is absolutely
vital to the both your safety and that of your
passengers. That is why TS Tyres are highly
conscientious in following all government
legislation regarding part worn tyres in
accordance with the Motor Vehicle Tyres (Safety)
Regulations 1994 (reg.7) part of the Consumer
Protection Act.
A part worn tyre is sold to you when, and only
when, it meets all of the criteria listed below.
The tyre must not have any cut in excess of
25 millimetres or 10 per cent. of the section
width of the tyre, whichever is the greater,
measured in any direction on the outside of
the tyre and deep enough to reach the ply or
cord;
(b)any internal or external lump, bulge or
tear caused by the separation or partial
failure of its structure; or
(c)any of the ply or cord exposed internally
or externally.
The base of any groove which showed in the
original tread pattern of the tyre must be
clearly visible.
The grooves of the original tread pattern of
the tyre must be of a depth of at least 2
millimetres across the full breadth of tread
and round the entire outer circumference of
the tyre.
If the tyre has not been retreaded and is
designed so as to be capable of being fitted
to a wheel of a passenger car, commercial
vehicle or trailer, it must bear—
(a)an approval mark, being a mark that was
moulded on to or into the tyre at the time
that it was manufactured and that is in
accordance with the requirements of ECE
Regulation 30, 30.01, 30.02 or 54 or of EC
Directive 92/23; and
(b)immediately adjacent to every approval
mark borne by the tyre, a mark that meets
the requirements of paragraph (12).
(7) If the tyre has not been retreaded and is
designed so as to be capable of being fitted
to a wheel of a passenger car, commercial
vehicle or trailer, it must bear a speed
category symbol and load-capacity index,
being marks that were moulded on to or into
the tyre at the time that it was manufactured
and that are in accordance with the
requirements of ECE Regulation 30, 30.01,
30.02 or 54 or of EC Directive 92/23.
(8) If the tyre has been retreaded,
(a)it must bear the mark “BS AU 144b”, “BS
AU 144c”, “BS AU 144d” or “BS AU 144e”;
(b)the mark must have been permanently
and legibly applied to the tyre at the time
that it was retreaded; and
(c)it must bear, immediately adjacent to
every mark of a description specified in sub-
paragraph (a) and borne by the tyre, a mark
that meets the requirements of paragraph
(12).
(9) If the tyre has been retreaded and bears
the mark “BS AU 144e”, it must bear a speed
category symbol and load-capacity index,
being marks that were permanently and
legibly applied to the tyre at the time that it
was manufactured or retreaded and that are
in accordance with BS AU 144e: 1988.
(10) If the tyre has been repaired, it must
have been properly repaired.
(11) Without prejudice to paragraph (10), if
the tyre has been repaired, it must meet the
requirements of paragraph 7 of BS AU 159e:
1990 (which include marking requirements)
and the requirements of paragraphs 4, 5 and
6 of that instrument must have been met in
relation to the repair.
(12) In order for a mark to meet the
requirements of this paragraph, it must
consist of the word “PART-WORN” in
uppercase letters at least 4 millimetres high
and must have been permanently and legibly
applied to the tyre other than by hot
branding or otherwise cutting into the tyre.
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