Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on 20th May 2018.

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland)2.

(1)

The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19994 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In regulation 24 (maintenance and efficiency of brakes)—

(a)

in Table 1—

(i)

after item 3 insert—

“3A

A motor tractor which is driven at more than 40km/h—

(a) when not drawing a trailer

50  25

(b) when drawing a non-agricultural trailer

45  25”; and

(ii)

in item 4 for “1 to 3” substitute “1 to 3A”; and

(b)

after paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A)

For a motor tractor which is driven at more than 40km/h, when drawing an agricultural trailer each component of the combination shall comply with the requirements of that component specified in item 3A(a) of Table 1 and paragraph (10)(c).”.

(3)

In Table 1 in Schedule 1 (community directives and ECE regulations)—

(a)

omit item 88C;

(b)

omit item 97; and

(c)

after item 106 insert—

“107

2014/45

29.4.14

L127, 29.4.14, p.51

Periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers

2009/40

108

2014/47

29.4.14

L127, 29.4.14, p.134

Technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles

2000/30”.

(4)

For paragraph 8 of Part II of Schedule 10 (emissions from certain motor vehicles) substitute—

“8.

(1)

This part of the Schedule applies to a vehicle if, when subjected to the “relevant test”, the coefficient of absorption of the exhaust emission from the engine of the vehicle immediately after leaving the exhaust system exceeds—

(a)

if the vehicle is first used before 1st July 2008 and the engine of that vehicle is turbo-charged, 3.0 per metre, or the manufacturer’s plate value if lower;

(b)

if the vehicle is first used before 1st July 2008 and the engine of that vehicle is not turbo-charged, 2.5 per metre, or the manufacture’s plate value if lower;

(c)

if the vehicle is first used on or after 1st July 2008 but before 1st January 2014, the manufacturer’s plate value if available, otherwise 1.5 per metre; or

(d)

if the vehicle is first used on or after 1st January 2014, the manufacturer’s plate value if available, otherwise 0.7 per metre.

(2)

In paragraph (1) “a relevant test” means a test conducted in accordance with—

(a)

point 8.2.2 of Annex I of Directive 2014/45/EU; or

(b)

point 8.2.2 of Annex II of Directive 2014/47/EU.”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 13th April 2018

Elizabeth Loughran
A senior officer of the
Department for Infrastructure