European Communities (Speed Limitation Devices) Regulations, 1993

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 300/1993
• Year: 1993

S.I. No. 300 of 1993.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SPEED LIMITATION DEVICES) REGULATIONS, 1993.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purposes of giving effect to Council Directive 92/6/EEC1 of 10th February, 1992 hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Speed Limitation Devices) Regulations, 1993. 2. In these Regulations—

"approved body" has the meaning assigned to it in sub-article (1) of article 3 of these Regulations;

"authorised officer" means a person appointed by the approved body for the purposes of article 6 of these Regulations;

"authorised sealer" means a person or body appointed by the approved body to seal a speed limitation device;

"the Minister" means the Minister for the Environment;

"speed limitation device" means a device whose primary function is to control the fuel feed to the engine in order to limit the vehicle speed to the specified value;

"the type approval Directive" means Council Directive 92/24/EEC2 of 31st March, 1992 relating to speed limitation devices or similar speed limitation on-board systems of certain categories of motor vehicles;

"vehicle" means a mechanically propelled vehicle having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 kilometres per hour.

1OJ No. L57/27 dated 2.3.1992.

2OJ No. L129/154 dated 14.5.1992. 3. (1) The Minister may, by order, approve a body (herein referred to as the "approved body") to carry out the functions assigned to the approved body by these Regulations.

(2) The approved body may appoint as an authorised sealer a person or body who makes application in the form approved by the approved body and who meets their requirements for premises, trained personnel and equipment necessary for the installation, repair, calibration and sealing of speed limitation devices and shall assign to the authorised sealer an authorisation code number or numbers.

(3) The functions of the approved body and of authorised sealers under these Regulations relate to speed limitation devices in vehicles to which the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 apply.

(4) Each application shall be accompanied by such fee as may be determined from time to time by the approved body with the prior consent of the Minister.

(5) The appointment of an authorised sealer shall be valid for a period not exceeding 12 months.

(6) An appointment may...