S.I. No. 201/2013 - European Union (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 21st June, 2013. | ||
I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) for the purposes of giving further effect to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 20081 , as amended by Commission Directive 2012/45/EU of 3 December 20122 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. | ||
2. The European Communities (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 651 of 2010 ) are amended— | ||
(a) in Regulation 2(1)— | ||
(i) by deleting the definition of “Contracting Party”, and | ||
(ii) by substituting for the definition of “Directive” the following: | ||
“ ‘Directive’ means Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 20081 (as amended by Commission Directive 2012/45/EU of 3 December 20122);”. | ||
and | ||
(b) in Regulation 27 by substituting for paragraph (12) the following: | ||
“(12) A person who fails to comply with a prohibition notice is guilty of an offence and is liable— | ||
(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine, or | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €500,000.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
18 June 2013. | ||
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 amend the European Communities (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 651 of 2010 ) in line with the amending Commission Directive 2012/45/EU of 3 December 2012 adapting for the second time the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC on the inland transport of dangerous goods to scientific and technical progress. | ||
