S.I. No. 444/1986 - Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975 (Section 3) (Offences) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the

Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975

(Section 3) (Offences) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986.

(2) These Regulations and the

Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975

(Section 3) (Offences) Regulations, 1975 to 1985 shall be construed together as one and may be collectively cited as the

Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975

(Section 3) (Offences) Regulations, 1975 to 1986.

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

);

"the 1985 Regulations" means the

Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975

(Section 3) (Offences) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 (

S.I. No. 256 of 1985

).

3. Article 5 of the Principal Regulations shall be amended by the substitution for paragraph (

c

) of the following paragraph

"(

c

) fifty pounds in respect of an offence under

Section 73

of the

Finance Act, 1976

, and".

4. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations as amended by article 5 of the 1985 Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the words "fifty pounds, fifteen pounds or ten pounds" for the words "fifteen pounds or ten pounds" in each case where they occur in the said Schedule.

5. These Regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1987.

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

20th day of December, 1986.

JOHN BOLAND,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Traffic Wardens Act, 1975 (Section 3) (Offences) Regulations, 1975 to 1985 by increasing, with effect from 1st January, 1987, from £15 to £50 the amount which a person liable to prosecution for the offence of non-display of a tax disc may pay as an alternative to the institution of a prosecution.

S.I. No. 444 of 1986.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES (TRAFFIC WARDENS) ACT, 1975 (SECTION 3) (OFFENCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1986.

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) (as amended by

section 74

of the

Finance Act, 1976

(No. 16 of 1976)) and after consultation with the Minister for Justice hereby makes the following Regulations