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The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

S.R. 2012/150 · Made 28 March 2012

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Road Traffic And Vehicle

Made 28th March 2012

Coming into operation 1st May 2012

The Department of the Environment, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 55(1) and (2) 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 to regulation 24 of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2012.

2Amendment to regulation 24 of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

(1)

In regulation 24(5) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999f1 (maintenance and efficiency of brakes), after item 1 in Table I insert—

“

1AA vehicle included in item 1 of the table in regulation 20 or which complies with Community Directive 79/489, 85/647, 88/194, 91/422 or 98/12 or with ECE Regulation 13.03, 13.04, 13.05 or 13.06 which is first used on or after 1st January 2012—
(a) when not drawing a trailer;5825
(b) when drawing a trailer.4525

”

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 28th March 2012

L.S.

Iain Greenway

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 24(5) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 in regards to the efficiency limit for brakes. This new limit is to apply to vehicles first used on or after 1st January 2012.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from 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/nisr