Regulation 3 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

omit the definition of “combined transport operation”;

after the definition of “first used” insert—

• ““fuel cell” means a device in which hydrogen reacts with oxygen, creating water and generating an electric current;”;

in the definition of “gas-fired appliance”—

after the definition of “industrial tractor” insert—

• “intermodal transport operation” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 11(2) of Part V of Schedule 14;”;

after the definition of “light trailer” insert—

• ““liquefied petroleum gas” means—

  1. (a)

     butane gas in any phase which meets the requirements contained in the specification of commercial butane and propane issued by the British Standards Institution under the number BS 4250:2014 and published on 30^th November 2014^f2; or

  2. (b)

     propane gas in any phase which meets the requirements contained in the said specification; or

  3. (c)

     any mixture of such butane gas and such propane gas;”; and

after the definition of “statutory power of removal” insert—

• ““swap body” means a part of a vehicle which is intended to bear the load, has supports and, by means of a device which is part of the vehicle, may be detached from the vehicle and re-incorporated into it;”.

in the Table in paragraph (1)^f3, after item 5 insert—

“

5A

An articulated vehicle, the semi-trailer of which meets the requirements of paragraph (10), is not a low loader and is carrying one or more containers or swap bodies up to a total maximum length of 45 feet as part of an intermodal transport operation

16.65

”

; and

for paragraph 10(a) substitute—

“(a)

the longitudinal distance from the axis of the king-pin to the rear of the semi-trailer does not exceed—

(i)

12.5m in the case of a car transporter;

(ii)

12.15m when carrying one or more containers or swap bodies up to a total maximum length of 45 feet as part of an intermodal transport operation; or

(iii)

12m in any other case; and”.

in the Table in paragraph (1)^f4, in column 2 of item 2 for “A refrigerated vehicle” substitute “A refrigerated vehicle, conditioned container or swap body”;

for paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4)

In this regulation—

• “refrigerated vehicle” means any vehicle which is specially designed for the carriage of goods at low temperature and of which the thickness of each of the side walls, inclusive of insulation, is at least 45 mm; and

• “conditioned container or swap body” means a container or swap body used to carry goods at controlled temperatures on different modes of transport.”.

in paragraph (2)(a) for “gas” substitute “liquefied petroleum gas”; and

in paragraph (2A) for “gas” substitute “liquefied petroleum gas”.

for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)

A person shall not use, or cause or permit to be used, in any gas supply system for the propulsion of a vehicle when the vehicle is on the road any fuel except liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen or natural gas.”;

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

A person shall not use, or cause or permit to be used, a vehicle that is fitted with a hydrogen fuel system or a natural gas fuel system unless that vehicle has been approved under the Vehicle Approval Regulations for that system at the time of registration.”; and

omit paragraph (4).

for the title of that Schedule substitute “Exemptions relating to intermodal transport operations”;

in Part II (drawbar combinations), for paragraph 4 substitute—

“4.

(1)

The drawing vehicle and trailer must be carrying a relevant receptacle as part of an intermodal transport operation, each such receptacle being on a journey—

(a)

to a railhead or water transport terminal from which the relevant receptacle is, as part of the operation, to be transported in a relevant manner by railway or waterborne transport pursuant to a relevant contract made before the journey began; or

(b)

from a railhead or water transport terminal to which the relevant receptacle has, as part of the operation, been transported in a relevant manner by railway or waterborne transport.

(2)

There must be carried in the cab of the drawing vehicle a document—

(a)

if the vehicle is on a journey to a railhead or water transport terminal, specifying the railhead or water transport terminal, the date the relevant contract was made and the parties to that contract; and

(b)

if the vehicle is on a journey from a railhead or water transport terminal, specifying the railhead or water transport terminal and the date and time at which the receptacles were collected from that railhead or water transport terminal.”;

in Part III (articulated vehicles), in paragraph 7—

in Part V (interpretation), in paragraph 11—