Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 2007


Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 2007

Made                                                                        4th October 2007

Coming into force                                                     1st January 2008

THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, in pursuance of Articles 77 and 84 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1], orders as follows –

1        Interpretation

In this Order, “principal Order” means the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Jersey) Order 1998[2].

2        Article 1 amended

In Article 1(1) of the principal Order –

(a)     for the definition “low platform trailer” there shall be substituted the following definition –

“ ‘low platform trailer’ means a trailer fitted with tyres with a rim diameter size code of less than 20;”;

(b)     for the definition “restricted speed vehicle” there shall be substituted the following definition –

“ ‘restricted speed vehicle’ means a vehicle of a class or description specified in item (1) in Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956;”.

3        Article 107 replaced

For Article 107 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following Article –

“107  Displaying of plates by restricted speed vehicles

(1)     No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a restricted speed vehicle unless the vehicle displays in a prominent position at the rear of the vehicle a circular plate in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 15.

(2)     No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a low platform trailer unless the trailer displays in a prominent position at the rear of the trailer a rectangular plate which –

(a)     is at least 225 mm wide and at least 175 mm high; and

(b)     bears 2 black letters ‘L’ on a white ground, each at least 125 mm high and 90 mm wide with a stroke width of 12 mm.

(3)     This Article does not apply to a vehicle that –

(a)     has been brought temporarily into Jersey, by a person resident outside Jersey; and

(b)     has not been in Jersey for a period of more than 3 months.”.

4        Schedule 15 replaced

For Schedule 15 to the principal Order there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

5        Citation and commencement

(1)     This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 2007.

(2)     This Order shall come into force on 1st January 2008.

deputy g.w.j. de faye of st. helier

Minister for Transport and Technical Services

 


SCHEDULE

(Article 4)

“SCHEDULE 15

(Article 107)

plate for restricted speed VEHICLE

1.       A vehicle displays a plate in accordance with the requirements of this Schedule if the conditions in paragraph 2 are complied with in respect of the plate.

2.       The conditions are –

(a)     the plate must be in the form shown in the diagram below;

(b)     the plate must be at least 150 mm in diameter;

(c)     the figures “3” and “0” must be at least 73 mm high, in a transport medium font, as shown in the diagram below, the figures being black on a white background; and

(d)     the border must be black and between 7 mm and 8 mm wide.

 

Plate for restricted speed vehicle

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 25.550

[2]                                    chapter 25.550.08


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