S.I. No. 134 of 2006

Road Traffic Act 2002 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2006

I, Martin Cullen, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 (No. 12 of 2002) 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 Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2002 )), hereby order as follows:

1.      This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 2002 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2006.

2.      In this Order -

-�Act of 2002-� means Road Traffic Act 2002 (No. 12 of 2002);

-�First Schedule-� means First Schedule to the Act of 2002;

-�Principal Act-� means Road Traffic Act 1961 (No 24 of 1961).

3.      The day fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2002 come into operation is 3 April 2006 to the extent specified in relation to them, namely -

(a)      section 12 (in so far as it is not already in operation),

(b)      sections 9, 14 and 19,

(c)      sections 8 and 22, in respect of -

(i)      offences under sections 48, 51A, 55, 96, 106 and 109 of the Principal Act,

(ii)      the offences specified in Part 4 of the First Schedule, and

(iii)     the offences specified at reference numbers 8, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 17 in Part 1 of the First Schedule, and

(d)      section 25(2), in so far as it applies to the repeal of subsections (1) and (2) of section 36 of the Principal Act in respect of the offences specified -

(i)      at reference numbers 8, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 17 in Part 1 of the First Schedule, and

(ii)      in Part 4 of the First Schedule.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order commences certain provisions of the Road Traffic Act 2002 , with effect from 3 April 2006, including provisions to apply the penalty point system to specified road traffic offences involving the driving or use of mechanically propelled vehicles and to commence an amendment to the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975 to enable local authority traffic wardens to enforce offences by means of the fixed charge system.