Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

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) 2003(4).”.

(1)

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

(2)

1974 c. 39

(3)

1994 c. 22

(4)

S.R. 2003 No. 304