Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1997
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1997.
(2) The Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1996 and these Regulations shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1997.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations
"the Principal Regulations" means the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 190 of 1963 );
"the Regulations of 1986" means the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 442 of 1986 );
"the Regulations of 1992" means the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 325 of 1992 );
"conditioned trailer or semi-trailer" means a trailer or semi-trailer with a design gross weight in excess of 3,500 kilograms, whose fixed or movable superstructure is specially equipped for the carriage of goods at controlled temperatures and whose side walls, inclusive of insulation, are each at least 45 millimetres thick;
"conditioned vehicle" means a vehicle, with a design gross vehicle weight in excess of 3,500 kilograms, whose fixed or movable superstructure is specially equipped for the carriage of goods at controlled temperatures and whose side walls, inclusive of insulation, are each at least 45 millimetres thick;
"design gross weight" of a trailer or semi-trailer means the gross weight of the trailer or semi-trailer laden with the heaviest load which it can reasonably carry having regard to the brakes, tyres and general construction of such trailer or semi-trailer and shall, until the contrary is shown, be taken to be its design gross weight as specified by its manufacturer or distributor, or, where the design gross weight as specified by the manufacturer or distributor is not ascertainable, the design gross weight as specified by an automotive engineer.
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paragraphs: Article 10 of the Principal Regulations, as amended by article 6 of the Regulations of 1986, is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-articles (1) and (2) of the following sub-articles:
"(1) The overall width of a vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer, other than a vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer referred to in sub-articles (2) and (3) of this article shall not exceed 2.50 metres.
(2) ( a ) The overall width of a refrigerated vehicle, first registered on or before the 31st day of December, 1997, shall not exceed 2.60 metres;
( b ) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this sub-article shall cease to have effect on and from the 31st day of December, 2006;
( c ) The overall width of a goods vehicle with a design gross vehicle weight in excess of 3,500 kilograms, other than a conditioned vehicle, shall not exceed 2.55 metres;
( d ) The overall width of a trailer or a semi-trailer with a design gross weight in excess of 3,500 kilograms, other than a conditioned trailer or semi-trailer, shall not exceed 2.55 metres;
( e ) The overall width of a conditioned vehicle shall not exceed 2.60 metres;
( f ) The overall width of a conditioned trailer or semi-trailer shall not exceed 2.60 metres;
( g ) The overall width of a passenger vehicle having seating accommodation for more than eight passengers exclusive of the driver shall not exceed 2.55 metres;
( h ) The overall width of a large tractor shall not exceed 2.75 metres.".
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paragraphs: Sub-articles (6) and (8) of article 11 of the Principal Regulations as substituted by article 5 of the Regulations of 1992 are hereby amended by the substitution of "18.75 metres" for "18.35 metres" in the said sub-article (6) and by the substitution of "16.40 metres" for "16 metres" in paragraph (b) of the said sub-article (8).
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paragraphs: (1) This article applies to
( a ) large public service vehicles,
( b ) mechanically propelled vehicles with a design gross vehicle weight in excess of 3,500 kilograms, and
( c ) a combination of a vehicle referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this sub-article and a trailer or semi-trailer with a design gross weight in excess of 3,500 kilograms.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-article (3) of this article, a vehicle or a combination of a vehicle and a trailer or a semi-trailer, referred to in sub-article (1) of this article, shall be capable of being driven within an area contained between concentric circles with radii of 12.50 metres and 5.30 metres such that no part of the vehicle or the combination of a vehicle and a trailer or semi-trailer projects outside such contained area.
(3) The provisions of sub-article (2) of this article shall not apply, until the 31st day of December, 2006, to a vehicle first registered on or before the 31st day of December, 1997, to a combination of such vehicle and a trailer or to an articulated vehicle, the drawn component of which was first licensed on or before the 31st day of December, 1997.
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paragraphs: The Schedule hereto is hereby substituted for the Schedule to the Regulations of 1986 as substituted by article 7 of the Regulations of 1992.