Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 1 heading and cross-heading inserted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 108
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Qualifications of Operators) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2012.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 M1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the 2010 Act” means the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 M2;
[F2“the Department” means the Department for Infrastructure;]
“ [F3the 2010 Act] ” means Regulation (EC) No. 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator and repealing Council Directive 96/26/EC;
[F4“transport service” means the use of a goods vehicle for which an operator’s licence is required under section 1 of the 2010 Act (operators’ licences);]
“other relevant person” means in the case of an individual, an employee or agent of the individual and in the case of a company means any officer, agent or employee of the company.
(4) Expressions used in Regulation 1071/2009 have the same meaning when used in these Regulations.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in reg. 1(3) inserted (18.2.2019) by The Road Traffic and Vehicles and Waterways (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/6), regs. 1(1), 15
F3Words in reg. 1(4) substituted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 109(2)
F4Words in reg. 1(3) inserted (17.3.2022) by The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/293), regs. 2(1), 109(1)
Marginal Citations