Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations 2012.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations 2012.
(2) The Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations 1982 to 2001 and these Regulations shall be construed as one and cited together as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations 1982 to 2012.
(3) These Regulations come into operation on 29 October 2012.
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paragraphs: The Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations 1982 ( S.I. No. 35 of 1982 ) are amended—
(1) in Regulation 1(2) by the following:
(i) by substituting for the definition of “the Minister”:
““Minister” means the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport”;
(ii) by substituting for the definition of “vehicle”
“vehicle” means a trailer or semi-trailer as referred to in regulation 2(1);”
(iii) by inserting after the definition of “appropriate licensing authority” the following:
“ “Approval Authority”:
(a) means the National Standards Authority of Ireland, being the body appointed as such for the purposes of the Framework Directive by, and having the functions described in, Regulation 4 of the Type-Approval Regulations; and
(b) has the meaning assigned to it in Article 3(29) of the Framework Directive;”
(iv) by inserting after the definition of “authorised officer” the following:
“ “EC type-approval (small series)” means type-approval granted pursuant to Article 22 of the Framework Directive;
“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed in Oporto on 2 May 1992 as adjusted by the protocol signed at Brussels on 17 March 1993;
“EEA Member State” means a state that is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement;
“Entry into Service Regulations” means the European Communities (Road Vehicles: Entry into Service) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 157 of 2009 );
“first licensing” means the first occasion on which a vehicle which is subject to these Regulations is licensed by an appropriate licensing authority and “first licensed” shall be construed accordingly;
“Framework Directive” means Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 20072 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2008 of 7 October 20083 , Regulation (EC) No. 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 20094 , Regulation (EC) No. 79/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 20095 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 385/2009 of 7 May 20096 , Regulation (EC) No. 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 20097 , Regulation (EC) No. 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 20098 , Commission Directive 2010/19/EU of 9 March 20109 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 371/2010 of 16 April 201010 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 183/2011 of 22 February 201111 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 582/2011 of 25 May 201112 and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 678/2011 of 14 July 201113 ;
“individual approval” means the approval granted pursuant to Article 23 of the Framework Directive;
“individual approval certificate” means the certificate issued by an approval authority of any Member State for an approval of vehicle granted pursuant to Article 24 of the Framework Directive or by the Approval Authority under Regulation 23 of the Type-Approval Regulations;”
(v) by inserting after the definition of “mechanically propelled vehicle” the following:
“ “Member State” includes an EEA Member State and “approval authority” shall be construed accordingly;
“mutually-recognised approval” means an approval from the approval authority of another Member State that has been accepted by the Approval Authority, for the purposes of and in accordance with the Type-Approval Regulations, as being equivalent to, as the case may be, national small series type-approval or an individual approval and, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include an EC vehicle type-approval;
“mutually-recognised certificate of conformity” means a certificate that a particular vehicle is the subject of a mutually-recognised approval;
“national small series certificate of conformity” means the document issued by the manufacturer, in the prescribed form, certifying that the vehicle conforms with the relevant national small series type-approval granted pursuant to Article 23 of the Framework Directive;
“national small series type-approval” means type-approval granted pursuant to Article 23 of the Framework Directive;”
“registration certificate” means a document certifying that a vehicle has been registered in a Member State;”
(vi) by inserting after the definition of “trailer mark” the following:
“ “type approval” means the process of certification that a type of vehicle satisfies the relevant administrative and technical requirements imposed by, or pursuant to, the Framework Directive and includes EC type-approval, EC type-approval (small series) and national small series type-approval, and “type-approved” shall be construed accordingly;
“Type-Approval Regulations” means the European Communities (Road Vehicles: Type-Approval) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 158 of 2009 );”
(vii) by inserting after the definition of “vehicle” the following:
““vehicle type” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 3(17) of the Framework Directive.”
(viii) by inserting after paragraph (3):
“ (4) The terms ‘complete’, ‘completed’ and ‘special purpose’ have the meaning given to them in Article 3 of the Framework Directive and the notations ‘O3’ and ‘O4’ have the meaning given to them in Annex II of the Framework Directive.
(5) In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise, a reference to:
(a) a national small series type-approval,
(b) a national small series type-approval certificate,
(c) an individual approval, or
(d) an individual approval certificate,
is a reference to a relevant approval, or certificate confirming an approval, granted or issued by the Approval Authority.
(2) in Regulation 2, by substituting for Regulation 2(1),
“2.(1) These Regulations shall apply to new and existing trailers and semi-trailers with a maximum permissible weight exceeding 3,500 kgs and for the avoidance of doubt shall include vehicles of categories O3 and O4.”
(3) by substituting for Regulation 4(1) the following: