2009 No. 358

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 55(1) and 110(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19951 and Articles 66(1) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19812.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 4th December 2009.

Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19952

For regulation 36 of the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19953 there shall be substituted—

36

Not more than one passenger shall be carried in each front seat of the vehicle alongside the driver

Revocation3

Regulation 39(2) of the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 is hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 5th November 2009.

seal_r00001Stanley DuncanA senior officer of theDepartment of the Environment
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 447) so as to clarify that not more than one passenger shall be carried in each front seat of the vehicle alongside the driver and to revoke regulation 39 (2) which relates to the requirement for a restrictor to be fitted to a sliding door.