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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-testing-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/285",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-testing-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Testing Regulations) Northern Ireland) 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”) to comply with Commission Directive 2010/48/EU of 5th July 2010 (O.J. L173, 8.7.2010, p.47) adapting to technical progress Directive 2009/40/EC (O.J. L141, 6.6.2009, p.12) of the European Parliament and of the Council on roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers.\nRegulation 2 amends regulation 16 of the 2003 Regulations to add to the details to be contained within the notice of refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate the consequences of using a vehicle without a valid test certificate.\nRegulation 3 substitutes Schedules 4 and 5 for a new Schedule 4 to the 2003 Regulations to add a Part 3 to the Goods Vehicle Test Certificate.\nAn Explanatory Memorandum and a Regulatory Impact Assessment have been produced and are 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.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/285/note",
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  "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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