Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (the “1999 Regulations”) in respect of the requirements for speed limiters on motor vehicles.
The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 249) implemented Directive 2002/85/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L57, 4.12.2002, p. 327), which amended Council Directive 92/6/EC on the installation and use of speed limitation devices for certain categories of motor vehicles in the Community (O.J. No. L57, 2.3.1992, p. 27).
These Regulations make further amendments to the 1999 Regulations in respect of the application and implementation dates for the Directive.
In regulation 42—
in paragraphs (2) and (3) the requirement to fit speed limiters is now extended to all passenger carrying vehicles with more than eight passenger seats, irrespective of weight, when first used on or after 1st January 2005. Paragraph (6) now defers this requirement until 1st January 2008 for passenger carrying vehicles, with a maximum gross weight not exceeding 5 tonnes, when used solely for national transport operations;
paragraph (4) (which is subject to paragraphs (5) and (11)) now has the effect of requiring speed limiters to be fitted to passenger carrying diesel engined vehicles with a maximum gross weight not exceeding 10 tonnes, which are first used between 1st October 2001 and 1st January 2005; and
paragraph (5) now has the effect of deferring the requirement to fit speed limiters to such vehicles until 20th June 2006 when used for both national and international transport operations, and until 1st January 2007 when used solely for national transport operations.
In regulation 43—
in paragraph (2) the requirement to fit speed limiters is now extended to all goods carrying vehicles with a maximum gross weight exceeding 3,500kg but not exceeding 12,000kg when first used on or after 1st January 2005. Paragraph (5) now has the effect of deferring this requirement until 1st January 2008 for goods carrying vehicles, with a maximum gross weight not exceeding 7,500kg, when used solely for national transport operations;
paragraph (3) now has the effect of requiring speed limiters to be fitted to goods carrying diesel engined vehicles with a maximum gross weight exceeding 3,500kg but not exceeding 12,000kg, which are first used between 1st October 2001 and 1st January 2005; and
paragraph (4) now has the effect of deferring the requirement to fit speed limiters to such vehicles until 20th June 2006 when used for both national and international transport operations, and until 1st January 2007 when used solely for national transport operations.
Copies of relevant EC Directives can be obtained from TSO, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.