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The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

S.R. 2015/397 · Made 2 December 2015

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Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 2nd December 2015

Coming into operation 31st May 2016

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 55(1), (2) and (4) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulation
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 31st May 2016.

2Amendment of the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulation

(1)

Regulation 13(2) (colour of light shown by lamps and reflectors) of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000f1 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

At the end of sub-paragraph (x) omit “or”.

(3)

After sub-paragraph (y) add—

“or

(z)

yellow light from a taxi roof sign.”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 2nd December 2015

L.S.

Elizabeth Loughran

A senior officer of the

Department 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 including a yellow light from a taxi roof sign in the list of exceptions at regulation 13(2).

These Regulations have been notified to the European Commission pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34/EC of 22nd June 1998 (O.J. No. L204, 21.7.98, p. 37) as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 98/48/EC of 20th July 1998 (O.J. No. L217, 5.8.98, p. 18) laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations, and of rules on Information Society services.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, Town Parks, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr