The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2015 No. 43

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Made

9th February 2015

Coming into operation

6th April 2015

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 65(1), 67(1)(i) and (j) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2015.

Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations

2.—(1) The Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(2) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) Omit regulation 21 (display of certificates).

(3) In Schedule 4(3) (form of goods vehicle test certificate)—

(a) omit Part 2; and

(b) for “PART 3” substitute “PART 2”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 9th February 2015

Iain Greenway

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 to remove the requirement to display a vehicle test disc.

An Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment have been produced and are available from the Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk .

(1)

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

(2)

S.R. 2003 No. 304; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2013 No. 285

(3)

Schedule 4 was substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 2013 No. 285