S.I. No. 445/1986 - Road Vehicles (Index Marks) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1986.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Index Marks) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1986.

2. The Road Vehicles (Index Marks) Regulations, 1958 (

S.I. No. 14 of 1958

) is hereby amended as follows

(

a

) by insertion in the Schedule immediately below the word "SCHEDULE" of "Part I",

(

b

) by insertion after Part I of the Schedule (as amended by these Regulations), of the following

"PART II

Licensing Authority

Index Marks

Carlow County Council

CW

Cavan County Council

CN

Clare County Council

CE

Donegal County Council

DL

Kerry County Council

KY

Kildare County Council

KE

Kilkenny County Council

KK

Laoighis County Council

LS

Leitrim County Council

LM

Limerick County Council

LK

Longford County Council

LD

Louth County Council

LH

Mayo County Council

MO

Meath County Council

MH

Monaghan County Council

MN

Offaly County Council

OY

Roscommon County Council

RN

Sligo County Council

SO

Tipperary North Riding County Council

TN

Tipperary South Riding County Council

TS

Waterford County Council

WD

Westmeath County Council

WH

Wexford County Council

WX

Wicklow County Council

WW

Cork County Council and the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Cork

C

Dublin County Council and the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin

D

Galway County Council and the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Galway

G

The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Limerick

L

The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Waterford

W

(

c

) by the substitution for article 2 of the following articles

"2. The index mark or marks allotted to any licensing authority for the purpose of sub-article (3) of article 25 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1982 (

S.I. No. 311 of 1982

) shall consist of the letter, or combination or combinations of letters shown opposite the name of the licensing authority in Parts I and II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

3. For the purpose of sub-article (3) of article 25 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1982 (

S.I. No. 311 of 1982

), the index marks in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations shall not be assigned to vehicles first registered on or after the 1st day of January, 1987 and the index marks in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be assigned to vehicles first registered on or after the 1st day of January, 1987.".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 20th

day of December, 1986.

JOHN BOLAND,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations assign new index marks to each licensing authority. Only these marks may be used when issuing identification marks in respect of motor vehicles first registered in the State on or after the 1st January, 1987. Index marks used before that date continue to remain in force.

S.I. No. 445 of 1986.

ROAD VEHICLES (INDEX MARKS) (AMENDMENT) (No.2) REGULATIONS, 1986.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12 of the Roads Act, 1920, hereby makes the following Regulations