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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicle-testing-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/494",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicle Testing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicle-testing-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicle Testing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”).\nRegulation 2 amends regulation 6(1)(xvii)(b)(ii) of the 2003 Regulations (exemptions) so as to substitute the reference to vehicles with an inside track width of less than 810 millimetres with a reference to vehicles with an inside track width of not more than 1100 millimetres.\nRegulation 3 amends regulation 20(2) of the 2003 Regulations in relation to the production of a test certificate or a certificate of temporary exemption when applying for a licence under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994. The amendment provides that a licence shall not be granted unless information held by the Department of the Environment indicates that there is a current test certificate or certificate of temporary exemption in existence in respect of the vehicle.\nThe Motor Vehicle Testing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are revoked as a consequence of these Regulations (regulation 4).\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment has been produced in respect of the amendment at regulation 3 and may be obtained from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland website at www.dvlni.gov.uk.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/494/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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