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S.I. No. 168/1979 - Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975 (Section 3) (Offences) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the
Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975
(Section 3) (Offences) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979.
(2) These Regulations and the
Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975
(Section 3) (Offences) Regulations 1975 and 1976 shall be construed as one.
2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the
Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975
(Section 3) (Offences) Regulations, 1975 (
S.I. No. 261 of 1975
).
3. (1) Article 5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the word "seven" for the word "three" and the substitution of the word "five" for the word "two" in paragraphs (
a
) and (
c
) thereof respectively;
(2) The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the words "seven pounds or five pounds" for the words "two pounds, three pounds or five pounds" in each case where they occur in the said Schedule.
4. These Regulations shall come into force on the 20th day of June, 1979.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 11th day of May, 1979.
SYLVESTER BARRETT,
Minister for the Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These Regulations amend the Traffic Wardens Act, 1975 (Section 3) (Offences) Regulations, 1976 by increasing from £2 to £5 in respect of a parking offence and from £3 to £7 in respect of a clearway offence, the amount which a person liable to prosecution for an offence to which Section 3 of the Act applies may pay as an alternative to the institution of a prosecution.
S.I. No. 168 of 1979.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES (TRAFFIC WARDENS) ACT, 1975 (SECTION 3) (OFFENCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979.
The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsections (1) and (6) of section 3 and
section 6
of the
Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975
(No. 14 of 1975) and after consultation with the Minister for Justice hereby makes the following Regulations:—