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The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

S.R. 2013/218 · Made 3 September 2013

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Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 3rd September 2013

Coming into operation 30th September 2013

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 65(1) and 67(1)(m) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 30th September 2013.

2Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

In Schedule 2 to the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003f1 (classes of vehicles to which these regulations do not apply) after item 40 add—

“41.

Goods vehicles not exceeding 3,500 kilograms having a date of manufacture before 1st January 1960.”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 3rd September 2013

L.S.

Iain Greenway

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Schedule 2 of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 to allow goods vehicles not exceeding 3,500 kilograms manufactured before 1st January 1960 to be used on the roads without a vehicle test certificate. Article 4(2) of Directive 2009/40/EC (OJ L141, 6.6.2009, p.12) allows Member States to exempt such vehicles from roadworthiness testing.

A copy of Directive 2009/40/EC may be downloaded without charge from EUR-Lex, the European Law website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm).

An 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 athttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr