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The Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/247 · Made 6 June 2006

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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Made 6th June 2006

Coming into operation 19th July 2006

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 61(1), 66(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 19th July 2006.

2Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985

In paragraph (6) of regulation 6 of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985f1(inspection of vehicle and grant of licence), after the words “Conditions of Fitness Regulations” there shall be inserted “or in the case of a bus, the Conditions of Fitness Regulations or Directive 2001/85/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20th November 2001”f2.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 6th June 2006.

L.S.

Maggie Smith

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 6 of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 to include Directive 2001/85/EC (O.J. No. L42, 13.2.2002, p. 1) in the list of statutory requirements. This will allow buses to meet the requirements of the Directive as an alternative to the requirements of the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995.

Copies of the relevant EC Directives can be obtained from the TSO, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.