S.I. No. 397/2014 - Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Licensing) Regulations 2014.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Licensing) Regulations 2014.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 4th September 2014.

3. A licensing authority shall refuse to issue a licence for a vehicle to which the Regulations of 2013 apply unless a certificate of roadworthiness is in force in respect of the vehicle on the day on which the licence comes into operation.

4. For the purposes of Regulation 3, a licensing authority may request that the certificate of roadworthiness be produced.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

4 September 2014.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations require persons applying for a licence under

section 1

of the

Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952

in respect of a CVR vehicle to have a certificate of roadworthiness which is in force in respect of the vehicle on the day on which the licence comes into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

9

th September

, 2014.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 8

of the

Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012

(No. 16 of 2012), hereby make the following regulations