Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 26th May 2005.

(2) In these Regulations –

“the 1967 Act” means the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(1);

“the 1981 Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2);

“Community licence” has the same meaning as in Article 19D of the 1981 Order(3);

“Community carrier” means a road passenger transport carrier established in a Member State of the European Community other than the United Kingdom;

“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 12/98 of 11th December 1997 laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a Member State(4);

“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;

“road” has the meaning given in Article 2(2) of the 1981 Order;

“UK cabotage operations” means cabotage transport operations in Northern Ireland or between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

(3) Any words and expressions used in these Regulations shall be construed in accordance with the meaning of those words or expressions in the Council Regulation.

(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(5) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(1)

1967 c. 37 (N.I.); relevant amending instruments are 1975 c. 46, S.R. 1977 No. 327, S.I. 1979/1714 (N.I. 19), 1981 c. 45, S.I. 1984/1986 (N.I. 15), S.R. 1987 No. 383 and S.R. 2003 No. 217

(2)

1981/154 (N.I. 1); relevant amending instruments are S.R. 1987 No. 383, S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3), S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18), S.R. 1996 No. 426, S.R. 2002 No. 116 and S.R. 2003 No. 515

(3)

Article 19D was inserted by Schedule 1 to S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3) and amended by S.R. 1996 No. 426, Schedule 1, paragraph 12(2)(b)

(4)

O.J. No. L4, 8.1.98, p. 10

(5)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)