These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (“the Construction and Use Regulations”) to facilitate the introduction of remote control parking systems.

They insert an additional exemption into regulation 125A of the Construction and Use Regulations to provide that a person is not in contravention of that regulation when using a hand-held mobile telephone or other hand-held communication device to perform a remote control parking manoeuvre so long as the telephone or device is continuously activated by the driver, the signal between the motor vehicle and the telephone or device is maintained and the distance from the motor vehicle is not more than 6 metres.

These Regulations were notified to the European Commission pursuant to Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 (O.J. L241, 17.9.2015, p1-15) under notification number 2022/7001/XI. No comments were made during the three-month standstill period. The Directive is available online at http://eur-lex.europa.eu

A Regulatory Impact Assessment and Explanatory Memorandum have been produced and are available from Safe and Accessible Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online alongside this Statutory Rule at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr