{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-registration-and-licensing-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1130",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-registration-and-licensing-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations consolidate and amend regulation 4 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973. By virtue of the amendments additional documents are required to be produced with an application for a vehicle excise licence under the Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.\nThe additional documents are —\n(i) in the case of a public service vehicle, a public service vehicle licence required under Article 60(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the 1981 Order”);\n(ii) in the case of a goods vehicle, a goods vehicle certificate where required under Article 53 of the 1981 Order; or\n(iii) in the case of a large private passenger vehicle, a certificate of inspection where required under Article 67 of the 1981 Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1130/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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