S.I. No. 230/1980 - Road Fund (Winding Up) Regulations, 1980.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Fund (Winding Up) Regulations, 1980.

2. Each Act, Order and Regulation mentioned in columns (1) and (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby adapted or modified in the manner stated in column (3) of that Schedule opposite the mention of that Act, Order or Regulation in columns (1) and (2).

SCHEDULE

Number and year or S.I. No.

Short Title or Title

Extent of Adaptation or Modification

(1)

(2)

(3)

No. 24 of 1952

Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952

Sections 2(4) and 4(4) shall be deleted.

No. 1 of 1960

Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) (Amendment) Act, 1960

Section 3(8) shall be deleted.

No. 24 of 1961

Road Traffic Act, 1961

There shall be substituted for all words following "sanctioned by the Minister for Finance" in section 8 the words "be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas". Sections 8(2), 8(3), 8(4) and 8(5) shall be deleted. There shall be substituted for "make grants from the Road Fund" in both section 101(11) and section 120(2) the words "make grants from moneys provided by the Oireachtas".

No. 17 of 1966

Finance Act, 1966

Section 17(10) shall be deleted.

No. 25 of 1968

Road Traffic Act, 1968

There shall be substituted for "out of the Road Fund" in section 41(1) the words "out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas".

Section 41(2) shall be deleted.

No. 25 of 1970

Finance (No. 2) Act, 1970

Section 2(4) shall be deleted.

No. 19 of 1973

Finance Act, 1973

Sections 93(6) and 94(5) shall be deleted.

No. 16 of 1976

Finance Act, 1976

Section 79(4) shall be deleted.

S.I. No. 15 of 1958

Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Order, 1958.

There shall be substituted for "the Minister" in article 5(2) the words "the licensing authorities in accordance with such directions as may be issued by the Minister from time to time".

Article 5(3) shall be deleted.

There shall be inserted after the words "such account" in article 6(1) the words "except for such sums as may be required to meet repayments under article 5". There shall be inserted at the end of article 6(1) the words "Sums required to meet repayments under article 5 shall be recoupable from the Motor Tax Account in accordance with such arrangements as may be determined by the Minister."

Article 6(3) shall be deleted.

S.I. No. 269 of 1961

Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (International Circulation) Order, 1961

There shall be substituted in article 15(4)(a) (as substituted by the Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order, 1964 (

S.I. No. 59 of 1964

)) the words "Central Fund" for "Road Fund".

S.I. No. 29 of 1964

Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations, 1964

There shall be deleted from articles 11 and 12 all words following the word "Exchequer", where it first appears in each of the said articles.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 18th

day of July, 1980.

SYLVESTER BARRETT,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Section 50

of the

Finance Act, 1978

(No. 21 of 1978), provided for the winding up of the Road Fund. The purpose of these Regulations is to adapt or modify the provisions of certain Acts, Orders and Regulations insofar as they refer or relate to the Road Fund so as to bring them into conformity with the provisions of

section 50

of the

Finance Act, 1978

.

S.I. No. 230 of 1980.

ROAD FUND (WINDING UP) REGULATIONS, 1980.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 50

(4) of the

Finance Act, 1978

(No. 21 of 1978) hereby makes the following Regulations