2012 No. 148
Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Motor Vehicles Testing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made
Coming into operation
The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 61(2) and (6) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19951.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Testing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2012.

(2)

In these Regulations the “principal Regulations” means the Motor Vehicle Testing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20032.

Amendment to Schedule 2 (the prescribed statutory requirements for vehicles in Classes I and II)2.

In paragraph 2(c) of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations after item 28 in the table add—

“28A

21 and 26

Hazard Warning Signals

28B

21 and 26

Side Marker Lamps

28C

21 and 26

End Outline Marker Lamps”

Amendment to Schedule 3 (condition of vehicles)3.

In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations for “entrances and exits.” substitute—

“entrances and exits;

supplementary restraint systems;

electronic stability control systems.”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 28th March 2012

Iain Greenway
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicle Testing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 to comply with Commission Directive 2010/48/EU by amending paragraph 2(c) of Schedule 2 to insert references to hazard warning signals and side marker lamps and end outline marker lamps in the items to be tested. Schedule 3 is also amended to add supplementary restraint systems and electronic stability control systems to the list of items to which regard is given during an examination.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr