Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 235/2011
• Year: 2011

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th May, 2011.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006) 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 Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )) for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 71/320/EEC of 26 July 19711 (as amended by Commission Directive 98/12/EC of 27 January 19982 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 June 2011.

2. The Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 1963 ( S.I. No. 190 of 1963 ) are amended—

(a) by inserting in Regulation 38(1) after the definition of “parking brake” the following:

“ ‘anti-lock braking system (ABS)’ means a part of a service braking system which automatically controls the degree of slip, in the direction of rotation of the wheel or wheels, on one or more wheels of the vehicle during braking;

‘Directive 71/320/EEC’ means Directive 71/320/EEC of the European Council of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the braking devices of certain categories of motor vehicles and of their trailers1;

‘Commission Directive 98/12/EC’ means Commission Directive 98/12/EC of 27 January 1998 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 71/320/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the braking devices of certain categories of motor vehicles and their trailers2;

‘first licensed’ in relation to a trailer or semi-trailer, means first licensed in the State by a licensing authority;

‘first registered’ means the date on which a vehicle is entered in the register established and maintained by the Revenue Commissioners under section 131 of the Finance Act 1992 (No. 9 of 1992) or the date when first registered in accordance with the laws of another jurisdiction;

‘ISO’ means International Organisation for Standardisation;

‘ISO 7638 connector’ means an electrical connector that...