Goods Vehicles (Community Authorisations) (Amendment of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendment of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

3.—(1) The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) At the end of paragraph (1) of Article 84 (power in certain cases to prohibit driving of foreign vehicles) there shall be inserted the following words –

“or any functions of the authorised inspecting officer under a Community instrument specified in the first column of that Schedule.”.

(3) At the end of Schedule 1(2) (statutory provisions conferring functions on authorised officers) there shall be added the following entry –

“Article 5(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 881/92 of 26th March 1992 on access to the market in the carriage of goods by road within the Community to or from the territory of a Member state or passing across the territory of one or more Member states(3).

To require the production of a certified copy of a Community authorisation which is required to be kept on board certain goods vehicles.”.

(4) At the end of Schedule 2(4) (statutory provisions relating to vehicles and their drivers) there shall be added the following entry –

“Regulations 3 and 7 of the Goods Vehicles (Community Authorisations) Regulations 1992(5).

To impose a penalty for contravention of certain requirements relating to the use of goods vehicles.”.

(1)

S.I. 1981 No. 154 (N.I. 1)

(2)

Schedule 1 was amended by S.R. 1987 No. 383, S.I. 1995 No. 2994 (N.I. 18) and S.R. 2002 No. 116

(3)

O.J. No. L95, 9.4.92 p. 1

(4)

Schedule 2 was amended by S.R. 1987 No. 383, S.I. 1995 No. 2994 (N.I. 18) and S.R. 2002 No. 116

(5)

S.I. 1992/3077 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations