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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/173",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”) consequentially upon the making of the Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (“the Approval Regulations”).\nRegulations 2 and 4 and the Schedule insert into the 1999 Regulations a new Schedule 1A which modifies those Regulations in relation to vehicles which are the subject of a Department’s approval certificate issued under the Approval Regulations. If they comply with the relevant requirements of the Approval Regulations, such vehicles are exempt from the requirements of regulations 37 (glazing—part exemption), 38 (mirrors), 40 (speedometers), 46(2)(c)(i) (fuel tanks—part exemption), 54 (seat belt anchorage points) and 55 (seat belts—part exemption) of the 1999 Regulations. Regulation 80 (vehicle identification numbers) of the 1999 Regulations is amended so as to exempt such vehicles if they comply with specified alternative requirements.\nRegulation 74 (emissions) of the 1999 Regulations is amended by—\n(a) regulation 3 and paragraph 9 of the new Schedule 1A, so that amateur-built vehicles which are the subject of a Department’s approval certificate under the Approval Regulations are exempt from the requirements of paragraph (15) (engine idling), if they comply with the exhaust emission requirements of the Approval Regulations; and\n(b) paragraph 10 of the new Schedule 1A so as to disapply paragraphs (15), (16) and (21) in respect of a vehicle to which a Department’s approval certificate has been issued, if it complies with, or is exempt from, the approval requirements relating to exhaust or smoke emissions.\nThese Regulations have been notified to the European Commission pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34/EC of 22nd June 1998 (O.J. No. L204, 21.7.98, p. 37) as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 98/48/EC of 20th July 1998 (O.J. No. L217, 5.8.98, p. 18) laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services.\nCopies of the Directive can be obtained from The Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GD.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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