Amendments to Schedule 9A (exemptions relating to combined transport operations)
2.—(1) Schedule 9A to the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (8).
(2) In paragraph 3(1), at the end of sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
“; or
(c)to a harbour from which the relevant receptacle is, as part of the operation, to be transported by sea pursuant to a relevant contract made before the journey began; or
(d)from a harbour to which the relevant receptacle has, as part of the operation, been transported by sea.”.
(3) In paragraph 3(2)—
(a)the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted;
(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) for the full stop there shall be substituted a semi-colon; and
(c)after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
“(c)if the vehicle is on a journey to a harbour, specifying the harbour, the date the relevant contract was made and the parties thereto; and
(d)if the vehicle is on a journey from a harbour, specifying the harbour and the date and time at which the receptacles were collected from that harbour.”.
(4) In paragraph 6(1), at the end of sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
“; or
(c)to a harbour from which the relevant receptacle is, as part of the operation, to be transported by sea pursuant to a relevant contract made before the journey began; or
(d)from a harbour to which the relevant receptacle has, as part of the operation, been transported by sea.”.
(5) In paragraph 6(4)—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) for the full stop there shall be substituted a semi-colon; and
(b)after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
“(c)if the vehicle is on a journey to a harbour, specifying the harbour, the date the relevant contract was made and the parties thereto; and
(d)if the vehicle is on a journey from a harbour, specifying the harbour and the date and time at which the receptacles were collected from that harbour.”.
(6) In paragraph 9(1)—
(a)for the definition of “relevant contract” there shall be substituted—
““relevant contract” means a contract for the transport of a loading unit—
(a)by railway; or
(b)by sea to a destination outside the British Islands;”; and
(b)in the definition of “relevant receptacle”, after the words “railway vehicles” there shall be inserted “or sea-going vessels”.
(7) In paragraph 9(2), for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—
“(a)part of the journey is either—
(i)by railway operated by the Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited or on a network operated by the British Railways Board or under a network licence; or
(ii)by sea to or from a destination outside the British Islands.”.
(8) After paragraph 9(5), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—
“(6) In this Schedule any reference to a harbour means a harbour in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.”.