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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 16th January 2007.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
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For regulation 23 of the principal Regulations substitute—“
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(1) Where an application is made for a licence under the 1994 Act for a motor vehicle to which Article 69(2) of the 1995 Order applies, the licence shall not be granted unless—
(a) there is produced an effective goods vehicle test certificate or effective certificate of temporary exemption; or
(b) information held by the Department indicates that an effective goods vehicle test certificate or effective certificate of temporary exemption currently exists in respect of the vehicle.
(2) In this regulation “information” means information held in any form.”.
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In paragraph 33(b)(ii) of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, for the words “of less than 810 millimetres” substitute “of not more than 1100 millimetres”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 4th December 2006.
Maggie Smith
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment
