Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Amendments to Schedule 9A (exemptions relating to combined transport operations)

3.—(1) Schedule 9A to the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In paragraph 9(1)—

(a) in the definition of “loading unit” after the words “bi-modal vehicle” there shall be inserted “, road-rail semi-trailer”;

(b) after paragraph (b) of the definition of “railhead” there shall be inserted—

“or,

(c) road-rail semi-trailers from the ground onto railway vehicles on the track of a railway,”; and

(c) after the definition of “relevant receptacle” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““road-rail semi-trailer” means a semi-trailer constructed or adapted so as to be capable of being both used as a semi-trailer on roads and carried on a railway vehicle;”.

(3) In paragraph 9(3)—

(a) the word “and” after paragraph (a) shall be omitted; and

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

“; and

(c) a road-rail semi-trailer shall be regarded as being transported by railway in a relevant manner if and only if it is being carried on a railway vehicle which forms part of a train.”.

(4) After paragraph 9(4) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(5) A road-rail semi-trailer shall be regarded, for the purposes of this Schedule, as not being transported by railway in a relevant manner at any time when it is being carried on a railway vehicle as part of an articulated vehicle.”.