# The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, Regulation 2: Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation)


(1) Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) after the definition of “cc” insert—
““child” means a child under the age of 16 years;”;
(b) after the definition of “hours of darkness” insert—
““illuminable sign” means a sign which is of a type shown in Part 1 and Part 2 of Schedule 22A and complies with the requirements of that Schedule;”;
(c) omit the definition of “prescribed sign”;
(d) after the definition of “road clearance vehicle” insert—
““roof bar” means an appliance fitted to the roof of a vehicle which is of a type described in Schedule 22C and complies with the requirements of that Schedule;”;
(e) after the definition of “running lamp” insert—
““school” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;
“school service” means a bus service—
(i) which operates during term time only in accordance with a timetable and is normally available to members of the general public and is regularly used by such members but the main purpose of that service is to carry a child to or from his school;
(ii) provided or secured by an Education and Library Board pursuant to arrangements made under Article 52 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; and
(iii) which is provided by a bus which is the property of an Education and Library Board and is painted in the distinctive livery of that Board;”;
(f) after the definition of “side retro reflector” insert—
““small bus” means a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted to carry more than eight but not more than sixteen seated passengers in addition to the driver;”;
(g) after the definition of “special warning lamp” insert—
““standard sign” means a sign which is of a type shown in Schedule 22 and complies with the requirements of that Schedule;”;
(h) after the definition of “warning beacon” insert—
““warning light” means a lamp which is of a type described in Schedule 22B and complies with the requirements of that Schedule;”.
(3) After paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) In these Regulations a reference to a bus carrying a child to or from his school is a reference to a bus carrying a child—
(i) to, or to a place within the vicinity of, his school on a day during term time before he has attended the school on that day; or
(ii) from, or from a place within the vicinity of, his school on a day during term time after he has finished attending the school on that day.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/49/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-2
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