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These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 18th March 2019.
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(1) The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after “the 1995 Order” insert—“
 “the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act” means the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018;”.
(3) In regulation 13(2) (colour of light shown by lamps and reflectors) after sub-paragraph (sa) insert—“
(sb) reflected light from a registration plate fixed to the rear of a trailer displaying a registration mark assigned to that trailer in accordance with regulations made under section 15 of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act;”.
(4) After paragraph 12 of Schedule 15 (requirements relating to obligatory rear registration plate lamps) add—“
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In this Schedule a reference to a rear registration plate does not include a registration plate fixed to the rear of a trailer displaying a registration mark assigned to that trailer in accordance with regulations made under section 15 of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 21st February 2019
Tom Reid
A senior officer of the
Department for Infrastructure
