S.I. No. 672/2007 - Statistics (Road Freight) Order 2007

1. age of the vehicle, the latest change of ownership (if any) of the vehicle and confirmation as to whether the vehicle has been scrapped,

2. business of the person or undertaking concerned,

3. use to which the vehicle was put during the period to which the survey relates,

4. carrying capacity of the vehicle,

5. weight and capacity of any trailer which has been attached to the vehicle during the period to which the survey relates,

6. type of body of the vehicle,

7. use to which the vehicle is normally put,

8. positions of the axles on the vehicle, and

9. odometer readings in miles or kilometres of the vehicle at the beginning and end of the period to which the survey relates.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 September 2007

BERTIE AHERN.

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

The purpose of this order is to enforce a statutory collection of statistical information on the scale and development of the carriage of goods by road by means of vehicles registered in the Republic of Ireland which will contribute to the availability of comparable, reliable, synchronized and comprehensive data at European level.

1 OJ No. L 163, 6.6.98, p. 1.

S.I. No. 672 of 2007

STATISTICS (ROAD FREIGHT) ORDER 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th October

, 2007.

I, BERTIE AHERN, Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 25(1) of the

Statistics Act 1993

(No. 21 of 1993) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1172/98 of 25 May 1998

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, hereby order as follows