EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend regulation 125(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 to allow:

(a)a police officer to view information on an in-car screen to ascertain the location of other vehicles or to assist in the detection and the apprehension of criminals; and

(b)a vehicle examiner to view information on an in-car screen when in a vehicle used for Driver and Vehicle Agency enforcement purposes.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is 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.