The Road Vehicles (Prescribed Regulations for the Purposes of Increased Penalties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987

Made2nd December 1987

Laid before Parliament11th December 1987

Coming into force1st January 1988

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(3)(a) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 19721, as set out in paragraph 24 of Part I of Schedule 9 to that Act, now vested in him2, and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Prescribed Regulations for the Purposes of Increased Penalties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

Prescribing of regulations2

The regulations of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19733 specified in column (1) of the Table below, the subject matter of which is briefly described in column (2) of the Table, are hereby prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 34(3) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (as set out in paragraph 24 of Part I of Schedule 9 to that Act).

TABLEPrescribed Regulations


(1)
Regulation
(2)
Subject matter of regulation
114	Notification of alteration of vehicles
13(1)4	Notification of change of ownership by previous owner of vehicle
13(2)4	Notification of change of ownership by new owner of vehicle
144	Notification of change of address of owner of vehicle
154	Notification of destruction or permanent export of vehicle
25(7)4	Notification of acquisition of vehicle by the Crown, or of transfer of vehicle from one Government Department to another
25(9)4	Notification of disposal, or destruction or permanent export, of vehicle by the Crown
314	Notification of change of name of business, or of business address, by holder of trade licence
32(2)4	Return of trade plates
344	Exhibition of trade plates and licences
355	Restriction on use of trade plates and licences

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Peter BottomleyParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Transport2nd December 1987

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the regulations of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973 where a contravention is to attract a maximum penalty of a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (currently £400). Contraventions of other regulations of the 1973 Regulations not hereby prescribed, and of other sets of regulations made under the Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, continue to attract a lesser maximum penalty of a fine not exceeding level 2 (£100).