4.—(1) This regulation applies to a vehicle not registered in the United Kingdom but which is registered in another Member State, an EEA State or an Interbus State, and which is being used in Northern Ireland in accordance with—
(a)Interbus for the provision of liberalised occasional services or non-liberalised occasional services; or
(b)Regulation 1073/2009—
(i)for the provision of occasional services, regular services or special regular services; or
(ii)for authorised cabotage operations as provided for in Article 15 of that Regulation.
(2) In relation to a vehicle to which this regulation applies—
(a)the 1967 Act has effect as if section 4 (grant of road service licences) was omitted; and
(b)none of the provisions of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(1) and the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(2) shall have effect.
(3) In this regulation, “Interbus State” means a State, not being a Member State, which is a contracting party to Interbus.
S.R. 1985 No. 123 as amended by S.R. 1986 No. 33, S.R. 1990 No. 201, S.R. 1991 No. 445, S.R. 1993 No. 86, S.R. 1994 No. 225, S.R. 1995 No. 446, S.R. 1998 No. 76, S.R. 2000 No. 149, S.R. 2000 No. 328, S.R. 2001 No. 366, S.R. 2003 No. 40, S.R. 2003 No. 449, S.R. 2004 No. 413, S.R. 2006 No. 247, S.R. 2009 No. 72, S.R. 2011 No. 301, S.R. 2015 No. 42, S.R. 2016 No. 343, S.R. 2016 No. 344 and S.R. 2018 No. 89