Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

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

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

(2) After paragraph 2 there shall be inserted—

“2A.   Regulations 73, 74, 75 and 76 do not apply to an articulated vehicle if the requirements set out in Part IIIA of the Schedule are for the time being fulfilled.”.

(3) For paragraph 8 there shall be substituted—

“8.— (1) The articulated vehicle must have a total of at least 6 axles.

(2) The laden weight of the articulated vehicle must not exceed the weight determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

(3) The weight for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) is the number of kilograms equal to the product of the distance measured in metres between the king-pin and the centre of the rearmost axle of the semi-trailer multiplied by 5500 and rounded up to the nearest 10 kg, if that number is less than 44,000 kg.”.

(4) After Part III there shall be inserted—

“PART IIIA ARTICULATED VEHICLES (ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS)

8A.— (1) The requirements of paragraph 6 are fulfilled.

(2) The vehicle is one which falls within the first indent of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of Community Directive 96/53(2) (vehicles used in international traffic or put into circulation in any other Member State) and complies with the limit values specified in paragraph 2.2.2(c) of Annex I and the other relevant requirements of that Directive.”.

(1)

Schedule 9A was inserted by S.R. 1994 No. 353 and amended by S.R. 1997 No. 518 and S.R. 1998 No. 116

(2)

O.J. No. L235, 17.9.96, p. 59