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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-protective-headgear-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/89",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Cycles (Protective Headgear) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-protective-headgear-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Motor Cycles (Protective Headgear) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999. They introduce the definition of motor quadricycle and make it compulsory for riders of motor quadricycles to wear protective headgear when driving or riding on a public road.\nThese Regulations have been notified to the European Commission pursuant to Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 (O.J. L241, 17.9.2015, p1-15) laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations, and of rules on Information Society services.\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as the effect is already included in the impact assessments prepared for the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 11 (N.I.)).\nAn Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Safe and Sustainable Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online alongside this Statutory Rule athttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/89/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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