Road Traffic (Spray-Suppression) Regulations 2011.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Spray-Suppression) Regulations 2011.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
(a) driven on a road only when proceeding to and from the site of such work and which when so driven hauls nothing except an agricultural trailer, a land implement, a land trailer or a trailer specially designed and constructed and used only for the conveyance of any implement or machinery used with the tractor in connection with its work on the land, or
(b) used on a road while it hauls nothing except an agricultural trailer;
(a) in the case of a vehicle or trailer to the chassis of which no bodywork is fitted, any axle not covered by the cab or by bodywork,
(b) any axle of a vehicle, which, if fitted with a spray suppression system, would prevent the intended proper use of the vehicle;
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paragraphs: (1) Subject to Regulation 4, these Regulations apply to goods vehicles registered in the State and to goods trailers and semi-trailers licensed in the State, when on a public road, whether used singly or as components of an articulated vehicle or in a combination of vehicles, irrespective as to whether any other component of such articulated vehicle or combination of vehicles is registered or licensed in the State.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to—
(a) a mechanically propelled vehicle which is designed and constructed so as to be incapable of exceeding a speed of 50 kilometres per hour,
(b) a mechanically propelled vehicle which is limited to a speed of 50 kilometres per hour or less,
(c) a trailer in a combination of vehicles which, by reason of the design and construction of the mechanically propelled component, is incapable of exceeding a speed of 50 kilometres per hour,
(d) a semi-trailer as a component of an articulated vehicle which, by reason of the design and construction of the mechanically propelled component, is incapable of exceeding a speed of 50 kilometres per hour,
(e) a mechanically propelled vehicle having a design gross vehicle weight not exceeding 7.5 tonnes, nor to a trailer or semi-trailer having a design gross vehicle weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes,
(f) vehicles or their trailers, used by, or which are intended for use by the Defence Forces, the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na, the Irish Coast Guard, local authority fire and rescue services, the Civil Defence or Customs and Excise,
(g) a road maintenance vehicle, or
(h) an excluded vehicle.
(3) In this Regulation—
(a) a vehicle designed, and not merely adapted, for the carriage and mixing of liquid concrete,
(b) a vehicle designed or adapted for the carriage of concrete building blocks or bricks,
(c) a works truck,
(d) a works trailer,
(e) an agricultural tractor,
(f) an agricultural trailer,
(g) a vehicle so constructed that it can be unloaded by part of the vehicle being tipped sideways or rearwards,
(h) a refuse vehicle,
(i) a trailer specially designed and constructed, and not merely adapted, to carry round timber,
(j) a vehicle used in the provision or maintenance of telephone services or of gas or electricity supply,
(k) a vehicle used for the collection of un-processed milk from farms for transport to a processing facility, and
(l) a vehicle designed, and not merely adapted, for the transportation of livestock.
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paragraphs: (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and with effect from 1 September 2011, a person shall not use a goods vehicle and the owner of such vehicle shall not permit its use, on a public road, unless spray suppression systems which meet the requirements of Regulation 5 are fitted to all the relevant axles of the vehicle and of any goods trailers being drawn by it, and, in the case of an articulated vehicle, to all the relevant axles of any semi-trailer.
(2) This Regulation does not apply to a goods vehicle first registered in the State or to a trailer or semi-trailer first licensed in the State before the 1 September 2011.
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paragraphs: (1) Subject to this Regulation, a spray-suppression system with which a vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer is required to be equipped under these Regulations, shall be such and so maintained as to comply with the general and specific requirements for such systems set out in points 3 to 9 inclusive of Annex III to the type approval Directive.
(2) For the purpose of this Regulation, the requirements set out in points 7.3.3 and 9.3.2.1 of Annex III to the type approval Directive, shall be extended to 300mm for the rear-most axle of vehicles that are used on roll on/roll off ferries.