2012 No. 257
Road Traffic And Vehicles
The Goods Vehicles (Qualifications of Operators) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
Made 28th June 2012
Coming into operation 1st July 2012

The Department of the Environment makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 .
1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51).
The Department of the Environment has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the carriage of goods by road.
S.I. 1996/ 266; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
In accordance with section 57(11) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 the Department has consulted such representative organisations as it thinks fit.