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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-exemption-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-exemption-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/note.json",
  "legislation": "nidsr/2012/9780337987915",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Exemption) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-exemption-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations clarify which vehicles fall outside the scope of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010.\nThe Regulations specify which vehicles will not require the operator to obtain an operator’s licence due to the weight or combined weight of the vehicles being used (regulation 3).\nThe Regulations also set out the vehicles that are exempt from the requirement of an operator’s licence due to their construction or function (regulation 4 and the Schedule).\nAn Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2012/9780337987915/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:17.510672+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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