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The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

S.R. 2014/227 · Made 15 September 2014

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Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 15th September 2014

Coming into operation 31st October 2014

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 55(1) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 31st October 2014.

2Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations

Regulation 125(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999f1 is amended as follows—

(a)

omit “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (c);

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (d) omit the full stop and add—

“;

(e)

to assist a police officer in a police vehicle—

(i)

to ascertain the location of other vehicles;

(ii)

to detect criminal activity; or

(iii)

to apprehend a person suspected of criminal activity; or

(f)

to assist a vehicle examiner in a vehicle used for Driver and Vehicle Agency enforcement purposes in the exercise of their duties.”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 15th September 2014

L.S.

Iain Greenway

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend regulation 125(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 to allow:

(a)

a police officer to view information on an in-car screen to ascertain the location of other vehicles or to assist in the detection and the apprehension of criminals; and

(b)

a vehicle examiner to view information on an in-car screen when in a vehicle used for Driver and Vehicle Agency enforcement purposes.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from the Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk.