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Road Vehicles (Testing) (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/8 · Made 8 January 2003 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 8th January 2003

Coming into operation 1st February 2003

The Department of the Environment, being a Department designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the testing of the roadworthiness of motor vehicles and their trailers and in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section 2(2), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1972/1811

f2

1972 c. 68

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Disclosure of testing information to member State competent authorities
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Testing) (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2003.

(2)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

F1(3)

In these Regulations “the Department” means the Department for Infrastructure.

2Disclosure of testing information to member State competent authoritiesI1

The F1Department may give information about vehicles or persons obtained from inspections carried out under Article 75 or 76 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1 or under Article 84 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981f2 to the competent authorities in other member States, and in Great Britain and Gibraltar, in compliance with Directive 2000/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Communityf3.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 8th January 2003.

L.S.

Stanley Duncan

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations empower the Department of the Environment to give information about vehicles or persons obtained from inspections carried out under Article 75 or 76 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 or Article 84 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to the competent authorities in other member States, and in Great Britain and Gibraltar, in compliance with Directive 2000/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the technical inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Community.