Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
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paragraphs: These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2016.
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paragraphs: The Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1970 ( S.I. No. 128 of 1970 ) and the Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 ( S.I. No. 157 of 1985 ) are revoked.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations “Regulations of 1963” means the Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) Regulations 1963 ( S.I. No. 189 of 1963 ).
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paragraphs: Article 3 of the Regulations of 1963 is amended by:
(a) the deletion in Article 3(1) of the definition of “agricultural trailer”, “land implement”, “land tractor”, “land trailer”, “rear marking” “side marking”, “tractor”; and
(b) the insertion in Article 3(1) of the following definitions:
“’agricultural tractor’:
(a) means a tractor the main function of which lies in its tractive power and which:
(i) has at least two axles,
(ii) has a maximum design speed of not less than 6 kilometres per hour,
(iii) has been designed especially to pull, push, carry and actuate certain interchangeable equipment,
(iv) has been designed for and is used in the performance of agricultural, fisheries, forestry or horticultural work, or to draw agricultural trailers or equipment, and
(b) includes a tractor as is described in paragraph (a) that:
(i) has been adapted to carry a load in the context of agricultural, fisheries, forestry or horticultural work, or
(ii) is equipped with one or more passenger seats;
‘agricultural trailer’:
(a) means a trailer intended mainly to be drawn by an agricultural tractor and intended mainly to carry loads or to process materials used in connection with agriculture, fisheries, forestry or horticulture and where the ratio of the design gross vehicle weight to the unladen weight of that vehicle is equal to or greater than 3.0; and
(b) includes pieces of interchangeable towed equipment the ratio of the design gross vehicle weight to the unladen weight of which is equal to or greater than 3.0;
‘authorised distributor’ means a person who holds a franchise from a vehicle manufacturer to sell particular makes and models of vehicles manufactured by that manufacturer and who is authorised to represent the manufacturer and to act on its behalf in matters covered by these Regulations;
‘design gross vehicle weight’ means the gross weight of a vehicle laden with the heaviest load that it can reasonably carry having regard to the engine, brakes, tyres and general construction of such vehicle and shall, until the contrary is shown:
(a) in the case of an agricultural tractor, agricultural trailer or piece of interchangeable towed equipment, be taken to be its design gross vehicle weight as specified:
(i) by its manufacturer, or
(ii) where the design gross vehicle weight as specified by its manufacturer is not ascertainable, by the authorised distributor; and
(b) in every other case, be taken to be the vehicle’s design gross vehicle weight as specified:
(i) by its manufacturer, or
(ii) where the design gross vehicle weight as specified by its manufacturer is not ascertainable:
(A) by the authorised distributor, or
(B) by a suitably qualified individual;
‘dumper’ means a vehicle (commonly known as a dumper) not exceeding 4 cubic yards in capacity, level loaded, designed and constructed for use on sites of construction works (including road construction and house and other buildings works) for the purpose of conveying concrete, rubble, earth or other like material and used mainly on sites, and which is used in a public place only for the purpose of—
(a) proceeding to and from the site where it is to be used, and when so proceeding neither carries nor hauls any load other than such as is necessary for its propulsion or equipment, or
(b) conveying concrete, rubble, earth or other like material for a distance of not more than half of a mile to and from any such site;
‘first registered’ means the date on which particulars of a vehicle are first entered in the register established and maintained by the Revenue Commissioners under section 131 of the Finance Act 1992 or the date when first registered in accordance with the laws of another jurisdiction;
’fully mounted agricultural equipment’ means interchangeable machinery that is fully raised from the ground or that cannot articulate around a vertical axis to the agricultural tractor or self-propelled agricultural machine to which it is attached;
‘interchangeable towed equipment’ means any vehicle that is used in agriculture, fisheries, forestry or horticulture and which is designed to be drawn by an agricultural tractor:
(a) which vehicle may include any or none of the following features:
(i) the ability to change or add to the functions of such agricultural tractor,
(ii) the incorporation, permanently, of an implement,
(iii) an ability, by design, to process materials,
(iv) a load platform that is designed and constructed to:
(A) receive any tools and appliances that are needed for any of the foregoing purposes, or
(B) store temporarily any materials that are produced or needed during work; and
(b) the ratio of the design gross vehicle weight to the unladen weight of which vehicle is less than 3.0;
‘lighting board’ means the device that displays to other road users either the front or rear lights and reflectors that a vehicle is required to display in accordance with Part II of these Regulations;
‘mechanically propelled vehicle’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);