Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Amendment of certain enactments

9.—(1) The 1981 Order shall be amended as follows –

(a) in Schedule 1 (statutory provisions conferring functions on authorised officers), at the end, there shall be added the following entry –

“Regulation 6 of the Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.

To require the production of certain documents which are required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles.”; and

(b) in Schedule 2 (statutory provisions relating to vehicles and their drivers), at the end, there shall be added the following entry –

“Regulations 2, 3 and 6 of the Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.

To impose penalties for contravention of certain requirements relating to national passenger services by a carrier registered in a foreign Member State.”.

(2) The provisions of the 1967 Act shall have effect, in relation to a vehicle used to carry out cabotage transport operations, as if section 4 was omitted.

(3) In section 34 of the 1967 Act (forgery of licences), in paragraph (a), at the end, there shall be added –

• “or a control document issued under Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 12/98 of 11th December 1997”.

(4) In section 35 of the 1967 Act (false statements), the word “or” at the end of paragraph (d) shall be omitted and after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted –

• “or

  (f)

  obtaining the issue of a control document under Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 12/98 of 11th December 1997;”.

(5) None of the provisions of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(1) and the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(2) shall have effect in relation to a vehicle which is carrying out a cabotage transport operation in Northern Ireland in accordance with the Council Regulation.

(1)

S.R. 1985 No.123, as amended by S.R. 1986 No. 33, 1990 No. 201, 1991 No. 356, 1991 No. 445, 1992 No. 381, 1993 No. 86, 1993 No. 396, 1994 No. 225, 1995 No. 446, 1998 No. 76, 2000 Nos. 149 and 328, 2001 No. 366, 2003 Nos. 40, 99 and 449 and 2004 No. 413

(2)

S.R. 1995 No. 447 as amended by S.R. 1997 No. 308, 2000 No. 136, 2002 No. 384, 2003 Nos. 38 and 434 and 2004 Nos. 414 and 446