- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As made)
The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
You are here:
What Version
Advanced Features
- Show Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Show Timeline of Changes
More Resources
Exit from the EU:
There may be changes and effects to this Legislation not yet recorded or applied to the text
New legislation with 'EU Exit' in the title that references (and therefore may change) this legislation item:
Due to a high volume of changes being made to legislation for EU exit, we have not been able to research and record them all. More information is available about EU Legislation and UK Law. The following results are legislation items with 'EU Exit' in their title that directly reference and therefore may change this item of legislation. To understand whether or not the text of this legislation is up to date, please check those references in the following pieces of legislation.
There are currently no additional references that you need to check.
Changes to legislation:
The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Section 4 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 March 2021. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Changes to Legislation
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order associated Parts and Chapters:
- Act amended by 1996 c. 25 s.79 Sch.4 para.26
- Act amended by 1996 c. 25 s.79 Sch.4 para.26
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):
- art. 13A inserted by 2016 c. 11 (N.I.) s. 2(3)
- art. 17(8)(b)(v) and word added by 2008 c. 4 (N.I.) Sch. 2 para. 7(b)
- art. 17D(1B) inserted by 2016 c. 11 (N.I.) s. 5(2)(a)
- art. 17D(2)(aa) substituted for word by 2016 c. 11 (N.I.) s. 5(2)(b)
- art. 17D(2A)(a) substituted for words by 2016 c. 11 (N.I.) s. 5(2)(c)(i)
- art. 17D(2A)(b) inserted by 2016 c. 11 (N.I.) s. 5(2)(c)(ii)
- art. 55(2)(m) inserted by S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I.) art. 54(1)
- art. 110(3A) inserted by 2016 c. 11 (N.I.) s. 22(b)
Supplementary provisions about those expressionsN.I.
4.—(1) For the purposes of Article 3, a side car attached to a motor vehicle, if it complies with such conditions as may be specified in regulations made by the Department, is to be regarded as forming part of the vehicle to which it is attached and as not being a trailer.
(2) For the purposes of Article 3, in a case where a motor vehicle is so constructed that a trailer may by partial super-imposition be attached to the vehicle in such a manner as to cause a substantial part of the weight of the trailer to be borne by the vehicle, that vehicle is to be deemed to be a vehicle itself constructed to carry a load.
(3) For the purposes of Article 3, in the case of a motor vehicle fitted with a crane, dynamo, welding plant or other special appliance or apparatus which is permanent or essentially permanent fixture, the appliance or apparatus is not to be deemed to constitute a load or goods or burden of any description, but is to be deemed to form part of the vehicle.
(4) The Department may by regulations vary any of the maximum or minimum weights specified in Article 3.
(5) Regulations under paragraph (4) may have effect—
(a)either generally or in the case of vehicles of any class specified in the regulations; and
(b)either for the purposes of the provisions of the Road Traffic Orders[F1 and of the Offenders Order] and of all regulations made under those provisions or for such of those purposes as may be so specified.
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Order
PrintThe Whole Part
PrintThis Section only
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
See additional information alongside the content
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
Timeline of Changes
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.