**Executive Summary:**
This notification announces draft amendments to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, concerning agricultural tractors and trailers. It mandates that tractors and trailers manufactured on or after January 1, 2016, must meet specific requirements for hydraulic braking systems. Objections or suggestions to these draft rules can be submitted within thirty days of the notification's publication to the Joint Secretary Transport, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Amendment Rules and Effective Date:**
* These rules are called the Central Motor Vehicles Amendment Rules, 2015.
* They will come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
* **Amendments to Rule 96C (Tractors):**
* Replaces the existing proviso in rule 96C regarding agricultural tractors.
* Specifies that tractors manufactured on or after January 1, 2016, coupled with agricultural trailers, must meet requirements to facilitate trailers with hydraulic brake systems as per AIS:043:2005.
* Requires tractors to have:
* A hydraulic pump and valve with suitable pipe connections.
* Hydraulic piping and pressure lines supplied by the OEM as accessories, terminated at the rear end.
* Clearly specified hydraulic line pressure in the owner's manual.
* Minimum provision for connecting the trailer brake actuation cable or linkage.
* **Amendments to Rule 97 (Trailers):**
* Inserts a proviso in subrule 3 of rule 97 regarding agricultural trailers.
* Mandates that trailers manufactured on or after January 1, 2016, must meet requirements for compliance with agricultural trailer brake systems as per AIS:043:2005.
* Requires:
* Fitment of hydraulic braking system or inertia overrun braking system including foundation brake drum or disc, etc., and actuation systems with proportional or control valve.
* Type approval of agricultural trailer braking system requirements as per AIS 043:2005, as amended from time to time.
**Impact Analysis:**
**Stakeholder: Agricultural Tractor Manufacturers**
* *Impact:* Must ensure tractors manufactured from January 1, 2016, onwards are equipped with the specified hydraulic systems and connections.
* *Action Required:* Modify tractor designs to include hydraulic pump, valve, piping, pressure lines, and brake actuation cable connections as per the specified standards. Update owner's manuals with hydraulic line pressure specifications.
**Stakeholder: Agricultural Trailer Manufacturers**
* *Impact:* Must ensure trailers manufactured from January 1, 2016, onwards are equipped with compliant hydraulic or inertia overrun braking systems.
* *Action Required:* Implement hydraulic braking systems or inertia overrun braking systems. Obtain type approval of agricultural trailer braking systems as per AIS 043:2005.
**Stakeholder: Government (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways)**
* *Impact:* Responsible for enforcing the amended rules and considering feedback from the public.
* *Action Required:* Review and consider objections and suggestions received from the public regarding the draft rules. Finalize and publish the rules in the Official Gazette.
**Stakeholder: Agricultural Tractor and Trailer Dealers**
* *Impact:* Responsible for fitting the hydraulic piping and pressure lines as accessories supplied by the OEM.
* *Action Required:* Properly fit the hydraulic piping and pressure lines on the tractor.
**Stakeholder: General Public/Citizens**
* *Impact:* Affected as potential users and beneficiaries of safer agricultural vehicles.
* *Action Required:* Review the draft rules and provide suggestions or objections to the Ministry within thirty days of the notification's publication.
Key Entities Referenced
Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989: The principal rules being amended by this notification.
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: The Act of Parliament that confers powers to the Central Government to make rules related to motor vehicles.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The government ministry responsible for formulating and administering policies related to road transport and highways.
New Delhi: The location where the notification is issued and where the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is located.
Central Government: The governing authority responsible for considering objections and suggestions to the draft rules.
Central Motor Vehicles Amendment Rules, 2015: The name of the amendment rules introduced by this notification.
AIS:0432005: Automotive Industry Standards specification number related to agricultural vehicle requirements.
Sanjay Bandopadhyaya: The Joint Secretary who signed the notification.
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[फा. सं. आरटी-11036/31/2010-एमवीएल]
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13-01-2015 (cid:26)ारा संशोिधत (cid:1)कए गए ।
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th January, 2015
G.S.R. 58(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 clause
(c) of sub-section (1) of 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 copies of this notification as published in the Official Gazette are made
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Objections and suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Joint Secretary (Transport),
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi – 110001;
The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft
rules before the expiry of the aforesaid period will be considered by the Central Government.
Draft Rules
1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (….Amendment) Rules, 2015.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 96C,
for the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-
“Provided that every agricultural tractor manufactured on or after 1st January, 2016
and coupled with agricultural trailer, shall meet the following requirements to
facilitate agricultural trailer having hydraulic brake system as per AIS:043-2005
specification referred to in sub-rule (3) of rule 97, namely:-
(a) a hydraulic pump and valve with suitable pipe connections on the tractor;
(b) a hydraulic piping and pressure lines on the tractor supplied by the OEM as
accessories, to be fitted on the tractor by their dealers which shall be
terminated at the rear end of the tractor, to facilitate tapping of hydraulic line
for trailer;
(c) the hydraulic line pressure available at the rear end of the tractor shall be
clearly specified by the manufacturer for each type and model of the tractor
in the owner’s manual;
(d) the tractor shall have the minimum provision for connecting the trailer brake
actuation cable or linkage.”.
3. In the principal rules, in rule 97, in sub-rule (3), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
“Provided that every agricultural trailer manufactured on or after 1st January, 2016
shall meet the following requirements for compliance to agricultural trailer brake
system as per AIS:043-2005 specification, as amended from time to time, namely:-
(a) fitment of the hydraulic braking system or inertia over-run braking system
such as foundation brake (drum or disc, etc.) actuation systems on the trailer
including the proportional or control valve;
(b) type approval of agricultural trailer braking system requirements as per AIS-
043-2005, as amended from time to time.”.
[F. No. RT-11036/31/2010-MVL]
SANJAY BANDOPADHYAYA, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal rules were notified 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 lastly amended vide
notification number G.S.R. 27(E) dated the 13.01.2015.
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