[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 6]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR571.8]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                            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]



    Effective Date Note: At 70 FR 7435, Feb. 14, 2005, Sec. 571.8 was 

revised, effective Sept. 1, 2006. For the convenience of the user, the 

revised text is set forth as follows:



Sec. 571.8  Effective date.



    (a) Firefighting vehicles. 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.

    (b) Vehicles built in two or more stages vehicles and altered 

vehicles. Unless Congress directs or the agency expressly determines 

that this paragraph does not apply, the date for manufacturer 

certification of compliance with any standard, or amendment to a 

standard, that is issued on or after September 1, 2006 is, insofar as 

its application to intermediate and final-stage manufacturers and 

alterers is concerned, one year after the last applicable date for 

manufacturer certification of compliance. Nothing in this provision 

shall be construed as prohibiting earlier compliance with the standard 

or amendment or as precluding NHTSA from extending a compliance 

effective date for intermediate and final-stage manufacturers and 

alterers by more than one year.