[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR571.8]

[Page 195]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 571_FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 571.8  Effective date.

    Notwithstanding the effective date provisions of the motor vehicle 
safety standards in this part, the effective date of any standard or 
amendment of a standard issued after September 1, 1971, to which 
firefighting vehicles must conform shall be, with respect to such 
vehicles, either 2 years after the date on which such standard or 
amendment is published in the rules and regulations section of the 
Federal Register, or the effective date specified in the notice, 
whichever is later, except as such standard or amendment may otherwise 
specifically provide with respect to firefighting vehicles.

[36 FR 13927, July 28, 1971]