European Communities (Mechanically Propelled Vehicle Entry Into Service) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Mechanically Propelled Vehicle Entry into Service) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations:—
“authorised person” means a person authorised by the Minister to request the production of a certificate of conformity, or an officer of the Revenue Commissioners authorised under section 159 of the Finance Act, 1997 ;
“category M1” means a category of mechanically propelled vehicles, used for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than eight seats excluding the driver's seat.
“category M2” means a category of mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and comprising more than eight seats excluding the driver's seat, and having a maximum weight not exceeding 5 tonnes.
“category M3” means a category of mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of passengers comprising more than eight seats excluding the driver's seat, and having a maximum weight exceeding 5 tonnes
“category N1” means a category of mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of goods or burden of other description and having a maximum weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.
“category N2” means a category of mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of goods or burden of other description and having a maximum weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes.
“category N3” means a category of mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of goods or burden of other description and having a maximum weight exceeding 12 tonnes.
“category S” means a category of special purpose vehicles as defined in Annex II.A.5 of Council Directive 70/156/EEC2 as amended by Council Directive 98/14/EC3 and which together with ambulances, armoured vehicles, motor caravans and hearses, includes vehicles specially modified to accommodate at least one person in a wheelchair.
“class in relation to a vehicle in category N1” means the class as declared by the manufacturer in relation to the reference mass as defined in Council Directive 70/220/EEC4 as amended by 98/69/EC5 .
“distributor” has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 4 of the Vehicle Registration and Taxation Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 318 of 1992 ).
“end of series vehicle” means a vehicle which is accompanied by a certificate of conformity in respect of a Directive for which the certificate is no longer valid by reason of an amendment to that Directive;
“mechanically propelled vehicle” means a vehicle (with or without bodywork) propelled by either a positive ignition engine or a compression ignition engine, having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 kilometres per hour, and which is intended for use on the road.
“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment and Local Government.
“maximum weight” of a vehicle means the weight executed by the technically permissible maximum laden mass as declared by the vehicle manufacturer.
“new vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle which is less than 3 months old when reckoned from its first entry into service or which has travelled less than 3,000 kilometres or which has not been previously registered.