Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 20 May 2018.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations “Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Testing) (No. 2) Regulations” means the Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Testing) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 347 of 2013 ).
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paragraphs: The Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Testing) (No. 2) Regulations are amended in Regulation 3 by:
(a) deleting the definitions of “category”, “periodic CVR test”, “Regulations of 2004”, “Regulations of 2013”, “re-test”, “Roadworthiness Directive”, “test due date”, “trailer” and “Type-approval Framework Directive”; and
(b) inserting the following definitions:
““Agricultural Vehicle Type-approval Framework Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No. 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 20132 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 2016/17883 ;
(a) in relation to a vehicle other than a tractor, a category of vehicle within the meaning of Annex II to the Type- approval Framework Directive and references to particular categories of vehicle are to those categories of vehicle specified in that Annex, or
(b) in relation to a tractor, a Category T vehicle within the meaning of Article 4 of the Agricultural Vehicle Type approval Framework Regulation;
(a) the subsequent test is carried out on a day which is not more than 21 calendar days immediately after the day of the periodic CVR test, and
(b) the reading of the vehicles odometer at presentation for the subsequent test is no more than 4,000 kilometres greater
(a) goods trailers, and
(b) trailers designed and constructed for the carriage of persons, as well as for the accommodation of persons, having a design gross vehicle weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms;
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paragraphs: The Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Testing) (No. 2) Regulations are amended by substituting the following for Regulation 4:
“Application — CVR vehicles
4. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) these Regulations apply to the following vehicles:
(a) vehicles with more than 8 seats, excluding the drivers seat, used for the carriage of passengers and their luggage (categories M2 and M3) with a design speed exceeding 25km/hr;
(b) goods vehicles (categories N1, N2 and N3) with a design speed exceeding 25km/hr;
(c) trailers (categories O3 and O4) with a design speed exceeding 25km/hr;
(d) ambulances (special purpose vehicles in category M) with a design speed exceeding 25km/hr;
(e) motor caravans (special purpose vehicles in category M) with a design speed exceeding 25km/hr;
(f) wheeled tractors in category T with a maximum design speed exceeding 40km/hr,
(2) These Regulations do not apply:
(a) to vehicles which are used by the Defence Forces or An Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na;
(b) subject to paragraph (3), to vehicles listed in indents (a) to (f) of paragraph (1) with a date of first registration prior to 1 January 1980 provided such a vehicle is being used solely for non-commercial purposes;
(c) to vehicles used exclusively on small islands;
(3) From 1 January 2020, these regulations apply to vehicles listed in indents (a) to (f) of paragraph (1) except where such a vehicle has reached the fortieth anniversary of the date of first registration and is being used solely for non-commercial purposes.
(4) Regulation 5 does not apply to vehicles that are not registered in the State.”.
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paragraphs: The Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness (Vehicle Testing) (No. 2) Regulations are amended by substituting the following for Regulation 6:
“Test due dates
6. (1) Subject to Regulations 7, 8, 9, 9A and 9B the following shall be the test due dates in respect of a CVR vehicle:
(a) the first test due date;