The Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 No. 42


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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2015 No. 42

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Made

9th February 2015

Coming into operation

6th April 2015

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 61(1), 66(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2015.

Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations

2.-(1) The Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(2) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 7(3) (licence, disc and plates)-

(a)in paragraph (2) omit "in the case of a bus, issue a disc and,";

(b)omit paragraphs (3) and (4); and

(c)in paragraph (5) omit "disc referred to in paragraph (2) and the".

(3) Omit Schedule 9(4) (identifying symbols for bus and taxi discs).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 9th February 2015

Legal seal

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 Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 to remove the requirement to display a vehicle test disc on a bus.

An Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment have been produced and are available from the 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.

(2)

S.R. 1985 No. 123; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2001 No. 366 and S.R. 2004 No. 413

(3)

Regulation 7 was substituted by regulation 4 of S.R. 2004 No. 413

(4)

Schedule 9 was substituted by regulation 7 of S.R. 2001 No. 366


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