S.I. No. 576/2009 - Road Traffic (Weight Laden of 5 Axle Articulated Vehicles) Regulations 2009 2009 576
ROAD TRAFFIC (WEIGHT LADEN OF 5 AXLE ARTICULATED VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2009 |
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in |
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-Iris Oifigiúil- of 5th January, 2010. |
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I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 of the 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 1996 1 , hereby make the following regulations: |
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Weight Laden of 5 Axle Articulated Vehicles) Regulations 2009. |
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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 September 2010- for -1 January 2010-. |
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3. The Road Traffic (Weight Laden of 5 Axle Articulated Vehicles) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 589 of 2008 ) are revoked. |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, |
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23 December 2009. |
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NOEL DEMPSEY, |
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Minister for Transport. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. |
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) |
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These Regulations provide that, until 30 September 2010, 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. |
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