S.I. No. 3/2012 - Road Traffic (Licensing of Learner Drivers) (Certificates of Competency) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th January, 2012.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 42 (3)(n) (inserted by section 10 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006)) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Learner Drivers) (Certificates of Competency) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

2. The Road Traffic (Licensing of Learner Drivers) (Certificates of Competency) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 725 of 2007 ) are amended in Regulation 2 by substituting “A, A1, M, W or B” for “A, A1, M, W, B or EB”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 January 2012.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of these Regulations is remove from learner drivers in category EB (car with trailer) the requirement to wait six months before taking a driving test in that category.'