S.I. No. 616/2010 - European Communities (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1998) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th December, 2010. | ||
I, BATT O’KEEFFE, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods1 , as amended by Commission Decision 2010/187/EU of 25 March 20102 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1998) (Amendment) Regulations 2010. | ||
2. Section 1 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1998 (No. 43 of 1998) is amended by— | ||
(a) substituting the following definition for the definition of “the Annexes”: | ||
“ ‘the Annexes’ means Annexes A and B to the ADR referred to in Annex I to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 20081, as amended by Commission Decision 2010/187/EU of 25 March 20102; | ||
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(b) substituting the following definition for the definition of “the Directives”: | ||
“ ‘the Directives’ means Council Directive 95/50/EC of 6 October 19953 and Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 20081, as amended by Commission Decision 2010/187/EU of 25 March 20102; | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
21 December 2010. | ||
BATT O’KEEFFE, | ||
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
These Regulations amend the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1998 in order to allow for the transposition of Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods as amended by Commission Decision 2010/187/EU of 25 March 2010 by means of Regulations made under that Act. | ||