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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/8</dc:identifier><dc:title>Road Vehicles (Testing) (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003</dc:title><dc:subject>Vehicles</dc:subject><dc:subject>Traffic management</dc:subject><dc:subject>MOT tests</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">ROAD TRAFFIC</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-07-11</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2019-02-18</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations empower the Department of the Environment to give information about vehicles or persons obtained from inspections carried out under Article 75 or 76 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 or Article 84 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to the competent authorities in other member States, and in Great Britain and Gibraltar, in compliance with Directive 2000/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the technical inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Community.</dc:description>
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<Number>2003 No. 8</Number>
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<Title>ROAD TRAFFIC</Title>
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<Title>Road Vehicles (Testing) (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003</Title>
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<Text>Made</Text>
<DateText>8th January 2003</DateText>
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<DateText>1st February 2003</DateText>
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<Text>The Department of the Environment, being a Department designated<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/> for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/> in relation to measures relating to the testing of the roadworthiness of motor vehicles and their trailers and in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section 2(2), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:</Text>
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<P1group RestrictExtent="N.I." RestrictStartDate="2019-02-18"><Title>Citation, commencement and interpretation</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/8/regulation/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2003/8/regulation/1" id="regulation-1"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-49a664f2579417ceccce3c330dbbd237"/>1</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/8/regulation/1/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2003/8/regulation/1/1" id="regulation-1-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Testing) (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2003.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/8/regulation/1/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2003/8/regulation/1/2" id="regulation-1-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954<FootnoteRef Ref="f00003"/> shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/8/regulation/1/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2003/8/regulation/1/3" id="regulation-1-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-7b0a0ead7897f508e9e00f5eab5b86cb-1720693446799" CommentaryRef="key-7b0a0ead7897f508e9e00f5eab5b86cb">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-7b0a0ead7897f508e9e00f5eab5b86cb-1720693446799" CommentaryRef="key-7b0a0ead7897f508e9e00f5eab5b86cb">In these Regulations “the Department” means the Department for Infrastructure.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="N.I." RestrictStartDate="2019-02-18"><Title>Disclosure of testing information to member State competent authorities</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/8/regulation/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2003/8/regulation/2" id="regulation-2"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-e0dd10fcca74d1319cf630fee01de096"/>2</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The  <Substitution ChangeId="key-146af96d1fad1e68dd498b7dbfb85f64-1720693529394" CommentaryRef="key-146af96d1fad1e68dd498b7dbfb85f64">Department</Substitution>  may give information about vehicles or persons obtained from inspections carried out under Article 75 or 76 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995<FootnoteRef Ref="f00004"/> or under Article 84 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981<FootnoteRef Ref="f00005"/> to the competent authorities in other member States, and in Great Britain and Gibraltar, in compliance with Directive <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2000/0030" id="c00001" Class="EuropeanUnionDirective" Year="2000" Number="30">2000/30/<Acronym Expansion="European Community">EC</Acronym></Citation> of the European Parliament and of the Council on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Community<FootnoteRef Ref="f00006"/>.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group>
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<Text>Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 8th January 2003.</Text>
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<PersonName>Stanley Duncan</PersonName>
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<Text>These Regulations empower the Department of the Environment to give information about vehicles or persons obtained from inspections carried out under Article 75 or 76 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 or Article 84 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to the competent authorities in other member States, and in Great Britain and Gibraltar, in compliance with Directive <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2000/0030" id="c00002" Class="EuropeanUnionDirective" Year="2000" Number="30">2000/30/EC</Citation> of the European Parliament and of the Council on the technical inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Community.</Text>
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<Text><Acronym Expansion="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</Acronym> <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1972/1811" id="c00003" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1972" Number="1811">1972/1811</Citation></Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/68" id="c00004" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1972" Number="0068">1972 c. 68</Citation></Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33" id="c00005" Class="NorthernIrelandParliamentAct" Year="1954" Number="0033">1954 c. 33 (N.I)</Citation></Text>
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<Text>S.I. <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1995/2994" id="c00006" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" AlternativeNumber="N.I. 18" Year="1995" Number="2994">1995/2994 (N.I. 18)</Citation></Text>
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<Text>S.I. <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/154" id="c00007" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" AlternativeNumber="N.I. 1" Year="1981" Number="0154">1981/154 (N.I. 1)</Citation></Text>
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<Text>O.J. <Abbreviation Expansion="Number">No.</Abbreviation> L203, 10.8.2000, p. 1</Text>
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