Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Plate relating to dimensions

84.—(1) This regulation applies to a vehicle which is either—

(a)a bus or a heavy motor car and which was manufactured after 19th April 1999; or

(b)a trailer used in combination with a vehicle falling within paragraph (a) and manufactured after 19th April 1999.

(2) A vehicle to which this regulation applies shall not be used unless—

(a)the vehicle is equipped with a plate securely attached to the vehicle in a conspicuous and readily accessible position and containing the particulars as to the dimensions of the vehicle specified in Annex III of Community Directive 96/53/EC(1); or

(b)those particulars are included in the particulars shown on the plate with which the vehicle is equipped in accordance with regulation 79.

(1)

O.J. No. L235, 17.9.96, p. 59