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Regulation 2 Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation)F1

Northern Ireland

In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations –

(a)

at the beginning there shall be inserted –

  • ““the 1995 Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1;”;

(b)

after the definitions beginning “axle weight” there shall be inserted –

  • ““bi-purpose vehicle” means a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage of both goods and not more than eight passengers, not being a vehicle to which the 1985 Regulations apply nor a motor caravan;”;

(c)

after the definition of “family of types” there shall be inserted –

  • ““goods vehicle” means a vehicle of a kind specified in regulation 3A(1)(a);

  • “hire agreement” means an agreement for the bailment of a vehicle which is not a hire-purchase agreement;

  • “hire-purchase agreement” has the same meaning as in the Consumer Credit Act 1974f2;”;

(d)

after the definition of “relevant vehicle” there shall be inserted –

  • ““recovery vehicle” has the meaning given in paragraph 5(2) of Part V of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994f3;” and

(e)

after the definition of “subject matter” there shall be added –

  • ““the Testing Regulations” means the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003f4.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (1.9.2020) by The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/818), reg. 1(b), Sch. 6 para. 43 (with reg. 30, Sch. 4 paras. 16, 17)

Footnotes

f1

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

f2

1974 c. 39

f3

1994 c. 22

f4

S.R. 2003 No. 304