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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


2007 No. 302 (C. 19)

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

The Road Traffic (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

  Made 15th June 2007 

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(3) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007[1].

Citation and interpretation
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007.

    (2) In this Order "the Order" means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.

Appointed Day
    
2. The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Order specified in the Schedule shall be 27th June 2007.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on


15th June 2007.

L.S.


Stanley Duncan
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment


SCHEDULE
Article 2


Provisions coming into operation on 27th June 2007


Provisions of the Order Subject Matter
Article 3(a) (insofar as it relates to the amendment of the punishment for commission of the offence of driving a motor vehicle in contravention of regulations requiring the wearing of seat belts), (b) and (c) Offences concerning the wearing of seat belts
Article 4 Failure to give information for purposes of identification to police
Article 5 Contravention of temporary speed restriction
Article 6 Breach of requirements as to control of vehicle, mobile telephones etc
Article 7 Increase in penalty for careless, and inconsiderate, driving
Article 8 Increase in penalty where child not wearing seat belt in rear
Article 9 Disqualification for using vehicle in dangerous condition
Article 17 Extension of powers of vehicle examiners
Article 26 Seat belts: delivery drivers
Article 28 Notice of prosecution for certain offences
Article 43 Testing of vehicles
Article 82 Departments' functions as to road safety
Article 83 Regulations prohibiting the grant of excise licences unless evidence of insurance or security
Article 84 Alteration of penalties
Article 85 Power to make consequential provisions
Schedule 7, paragraphs 1(b) and (c), 5, 9, 14, 15(b) and (c), 16 and 22 and Article 86(1) insofar as it relates to those paragraphs Minor and consequential amendments
The following repeals in Part I of Schedule 8—

the entries relating to Articles 52(3)(b) and 52(3)(c) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995[2],

the entry relating to paragraph 25(a) in Schedule 8 to the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997[3]

and Article 86(2) insofar as it relates to those repeals.

Repeals



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order brings into operation on 27th June 2007 the provisions of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 specified in the Schedule.


Notes:

[1] S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)back

[2] S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18)back

[3] S.I. 1997/276 (N.I. 2)back



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 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 3 July 2007


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