Road Traffic (Weight Laden of 5 Axle Articulated Vehicles) Regulations, 2010

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 452/2010
• Year: 2010

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th September, 2010.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 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 )), section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006) and for the purposes of giving further effect to Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 19961 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Weight Laden of 5 Axle Articulated Vehicles) Regulations 2010.

2. Regulation 14(2) of the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 5 of 2003 ) is amended by substituting “30 June 2011” for “30 September 2010”.

3. The Road Traffic (Weight Laden of 5 Axle Articulated Vehicles) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 576 of 2009 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

17 September 2010.

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations provide that, until 30 June 2011, the weight laden of a combination of a 2 axle tractor unit and a 3 axle semi-trailer may exceed 40 tonnes but shall not exceed 42 tonnes.

1O.J. No. L 235, 17.9.96, p.59