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Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

S.R. 2001/372 · Made 11 October 2001

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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Made 11th October 2001

Coming into operation 1st December 2001

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Articles 55(1) and (2) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1995 No. 2994 (N.I. 18); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “the Department”

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Regulation 13
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2001.

2Amendment of Regulation 13

In regulation 13 of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000f1, after paragraph 2(s), there shall be inserted—

“(sa)

reflected blue, yellow and white light from a retro reflective plate displaying a distinguishing sign in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No. 2411/98f2;”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 11th October 2001.

L.S.

Sam Foster

Minister of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 by permitting, on the rear of the vehicle, a plate displaying the international distinguishing sign of the United Kingdom in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No. 2411/98 (notwithstanding that it comprises retro reflective material which is not red).