2016 No. 343

European Communities
Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Made

Coming into operation

The Department for Infrastructure1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 19722 and Article 83(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19813 and now vested in it4.

The Department for Infrastructure is designated5 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, the regulation and supervision of working conditions of persons engaged in road transport and measures relating to the organisation of working time.

It appears to the Department that it is expedient for the reference mentioned in regulation 5(2), to Regulation (EU) No. 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council6, to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.