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European Communities

Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 19th January 2017

Coming into operation 20th February 2017

The Department for Infrastructure^f1 makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2.

The Department for Infrastructure is designated^f3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to compulsory insurance in respect of, and other means of providing for, civil liability in relation to motor vehicles and trailers.

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Footnotes

f1: Formerly the Department for Regional Development: see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment was dissolved
f2: 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)
f3: S.I. 1972/1811; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations