The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973. Section 7 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 was amended by the Finance Act 1995 so that the form of the declaration which must be made and the particulars which must be furnished when a vehicle licence is taken out are to be specified by the Secretary of State instead of prescribed by regulations. In consequence of this, regulation 4 and Schedule 4 are revoked as spent and amendments are made to other regulations. Regulation 26 which made special provision as to the identification of certain types of exempt vehicle, is revoked and regulation 27 now applies to all exempt vehicles except pedestrian controlled vehicles. Regulations 12 (applications for new licence where vehicle becomes chargeable to duty at a higher rate), 29 (applications for trade licences), 44 (horse-power) and 46 (unladen weight) are revoked as spent.