{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-exemption-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-3",
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  "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": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Small goods vehicle",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 1(2)(a) of the 2010 Act a goods vehicle is a small goods vehicle if it forms part of a vehicle combination and complies with the conditions set out in paragraph (2)(a) or (b).\n(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that-\n(a) the vehicle and combination of vehicles used for hire and reward has a relevant plated weight up to and including 3.5 tonnes and complies with Regulation (EC) No.1071/2009; or\n(b) the vehicle and combination of vehicles used by an own account operator includes a towing vehicle that has a relevant plated weight which is no more than 3.5 tonnes.\n(3) Paragraph (2) applies in spite of Article 1(4)(c) of Regulation (EC) No.1071/2009 (exemption for slow vehicles unless otherwise provided in national law).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No.L300, 14.11.09, p.51"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2012/9780337987915/regulation/3",
    "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."
}