S.I. No. 331/1982:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (VEHICLE TESTING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1982.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (VEHICLE TESTING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1982.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Vehicle Testing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982.

(2) The European Communities (Vehicle Testing) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 193 of 1981 ) and these Regulations shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the European Communities (Vehicle Testing) Regulations 1981 to 1982.

2. Article 12 of the European Communities (Vehicle Testing) Regulations, 1981 is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (1) of the following sub-article--

"(1) It shall be an offence for a person to use in a public place a vehicle to which these Regulations apply and which has been first registered in a Member State of the European Economic Communities more than one year prior to such use unless there is in force in respect of the vehicle a certificate of roadworthiness issued under these Regulations showing that the vehicle was tested and found to be roadworthy within the previous twelve months or in the case of a taxi unless there is in force a public service vehicle licence granted by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána in pursuance of the powers vested in him under article 6 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Licensing) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 292 of 1978 ) or in the case of a vehicle registered in a Member State of the European Economic Communities other than the State there is in force a certificate or other document issued in accordance with the Council Directive showing that the vehicle has passed a roadworthiness test complying with the provisions of the Council Directive."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this

18th day of November, 1982.

RAPHAEL P. BURKE,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Vehicle Testing) Regulations 1981 to provide (a) that in the case of taxis, the existence of a public service vehicle licence granted by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána will suffice in lieu of a Certificate of Roadworthiness and (b) the period of currency of a Certificate of Roadworthiness will be 12 months from the date of test.