S.I. No. 286/1990:

ROAD TRAFFIC (LICENSING OF TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1990.

ROAD TRAFFIC (LICENSING OF TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1990.

The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and section 10 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968), hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990.

2. These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations, 1982 and 1983 shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations, 1982 to 1990.

3. Article 2 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 35 of 1982 ) is hereby amended by the substitution of the following sub-article for sub-article (3):--

"(3) These Regulations shall not apply to--

( a ) a vehicle belonging to or used for official purpose by the Defence Forces or by the Garda Síochána, or

( b ) a vehicle which is the property of a person engaged in agriculture and which is designed and used primarily for work on the land and which is used on a public road only incidentally to such work.".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 5th day of December, 1990.

PADRAIG FLYNN,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations exclude agricultural trailers from the requirement to be licensed under the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations, 1982 and 1983.