S.I. No. 207/1998 - Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.

(2) The Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations, 1982 to 1996 and these Regulations shall be construed as one and cited together as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations, 1982 to 1998.

(3) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1998.

2. The Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations, 1982 are hereby amended by the substitution in the Second Schedule thereof of

"£5" for "£2", "£50" for "£20" and "£25" for "£10".

3. The Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, this 23rd day of June.

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the fees for licences and other charges in relation to Trailers and Semi-Trailers. They also revoke the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 (

S.I. No. 173 of 1996

).

The Regulations come into operation on 1st August, 1998.

S.I. No. 207 of 1998.

ROAD TRAFFIC (LICENSING OF TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1998.

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 5

of the

Road Traffic Act, 1961

(No. 24 of 1961) and

section 10

of the

Road Traffic Act, 1968

(No. 25 of 1968) hereby makes the following Regulations