Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 366/2008
• Year: 2008

S.I. No. 366 of 2008

ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 19th September, 2008.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2002 )) and section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006) for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 1 and Directive 2002/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 February 2002 2 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2008.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 November 2008.

2. The Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 5 of 2003 ) are amended by substituting for Regulation 36 the following:

“36. (1) (a) Subject to paragraph (2), the maximum overall height of a vehicle shall not exceed 4.65 metres.

(b) Where a measurement when rounded down equals 4.65 metres it is deemed to be greater than 4.65 metres.

(2) This Regulation does not apply, until 1 November 2013, to—

(a) a mechanically propelled vehicle which was first registered,

(b) an articulated vehicle where either—

(i) the tractor unit was first registered, or

(ii) the semi-trailer was first licensed,

(c) a trailer (other than an agricultural trailer, land implement or land trailer) which was first licensed,

(d) an agricultural trailer, land implement or land trailer which was first used, or

(e) a goods trailer or semi-trailer not liable to licensing under the Regulations of 1982 by reason of the fact that it is not ordinarily kept in the State and which was first used,

before the commencement of these Regulations.

(3) In this Regulation—

“first licensed” means the date on which a trailer or semi-trailer was first licensed in accordance with the Regulations of 1982;

“first registered” means the date on which a vehicle is entered in the register established and maintained by the Revenue Commissioners under...