Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation)

2.  In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations–

(a) at the beginning there shall be inserted–

““the 1995 Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1);”;

(b) after the definitions beginning “axle weight” there shall be inserted–

““bi-purpose vehicle” means a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage of both goods and not more than eight passengers, not being a vehicle to which the 1985 Regulations apply nor a motor caravan;”;

(c) after the definition of “family of types” there shall be inserted–

““goods vehicle” means a vehicle of a kind specified in regulation 3A(1)(a);

“hire agreement” means an agreement for the bailment of a vehicle which is not a hire-purchase agreement;

“hire-purchase agreement” has the same meaning as in the Consumer Credit Act 1974(2);”;

(d) after the definition of “relevant vehicle” there shall be inserted–

““recovery vehicle” has the meaning given in paragraph 5(2) of Part V of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(3);” and

(e) after the definition of “subject matter” there shall be added–

““the Testing Regulations” means the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(4).”.

(1)

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

(2)

1974 c. 39

(3)

1994 c. 22

(4)

S.R. 1995 No. 450 as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 139, 1998 No. 75, 1998 No. 226, 1999 No. 79, 2001 No. 365 and 2002 No. 48