# The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (the principal Regulations) in order to introduce new requirements relating to the display of signs and lights on buses carrying children to and from school.
Regulation 4 substitutes regulation 17 of the principal Regulations so that the non-illuminated reflective sign is referred to as a standard sign as specified in Schedule 22, and inserts new regulations into the principal Regulations as follows—
(a) regulation 17A provides that from 1st September 2014 buses used to provide a school service must have an illuminable sign of a type shown in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 22A, the type of illumination depending on the date the bus is first used.
(b) regulation 17B requires that buses, used to provide a school service, are fitted with warning lights specified in Schedule 22B.
(c) regulation 17C imposes a requirement on buses used to provide a school service with a seating capacity of 9-16 passengers to be fitted with a roof bar as specified in Schedule 22C, where it is not practicable to fit illuminable signs and warning lights.
(d) regulation 17D inserts new requirements regarding the operation of switches for illuminable signs and warning lights.
Fitting of illuminated signs, warning lights and roof bars is dealt with in Schedule 22D.
Regulations 6 inserts new regulation 27A into the principal Regulations which imposes requirements with regard to the lighting of the illuminable sign, warning lights and roof bars.
Regulation 7 amends regulation 30 of the principal Regulations so as to restrict the use of illuminable signs and warning lights.
An Explanatory Memorandum and a Regulatory Impact Assessment has been produced and is available from Road Safety Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/49/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/note
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