Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 as follows.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 6 (inspection of vehicle and grant of licence) so as to impose the requirements in regulation 115(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 insofar as it relates to the question whether:

(a)

wheelchair restraining devices are fitted, or as the case may be, maintained; and

(b)

boarding devices such as lifts and ramps, optical devices to allow the driver to see the boarding area, signs and markings, communication devices, slip resistant surfaces, steps, floors and gangways, kneeling systems and lighting which is intended for wheelchair users to board or alight in safety are fitted, or as the case may be, maintained,

so that no danger is likely to be caused.