The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation on 6^th November 2017.

Amendment of regulation 42 (fire extinguishing apparatus) and Schedule 4 (fire extinguishing apparatus)

2.—(1) The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs and .

(2) In regulation 42—

(a) in paragraph (1) for “one or more of the types” substitute “the type”;

(b) in paragraph (3) for “21B” substitute “34B”; and

(c) in paragraph (4) after the term “EEA State” in each place that it occurs insert “or the Republic of Turkey”.

(3) For Schedule 4 substitute—

Regulation 42(1)

“SCHEDULE 4 Fire Extinguishing Apparatus

A fire extinguisher which complies in all respects with the specification for portable fire extinguishers issued by the British Standards Institution numbered BS EN 3-7:2004+A1:2007 and which—

(a) has a minimum test fire rating of 8A or 34B;

(b) contains water or foam; and

(c) has a minimum capacity of two litres.”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 4^th July 2017

Elizabeth Loughran

A senior officer of the

Department for Infrastructure