Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Bus and Coach Passengers Rights and Obligations (Designation and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation on 31st July 2017.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Amendment of the Bus and Coach Passengers Rights and Obligations (Designation and Enforcement) Regulations
2. In regulation 4 of the Bus and Coach Passengers Rights and Obligations (Designation and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014(2) (exemption of domestic bus and coach passenger regular services from the provisions of the Community Regulation)—
(a)in paragraph (1) for “initial exemption period” substitute “exemption period”; and
(b)in paragraph (3)—
(i)after the definition of “domestic bus and coach passenger regular service” insert—
““exemption period” means the period which commences on the date these Regulations come into operation and ends at midnight on 28th February 2021.”; and
(ii)omit the definition of “initial exemption period”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 30th June 2017
Elizabeth Loughran
A senior officer of the
Department for Infrastructure