S.I. No. 443/2006 - Road Traffic Act 2002 (Commencement of Certain Provisions relating to Driving while Holding Mobile Phone) Order 2006
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the
Road Traffic Act 2002
(Commencement of Certain Provisions relating to Driving while Holding Mobile Phone) Order 2006.
2. The day fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the
Road Traffic Act 2002
(No. 12 of 2002) come into operation is 1 September 2006, that is to say
(a) sections 8 and 22, in so far as they apply to an offence under section (3)(3) of the
Road Traffic Act 2006
(No. 23 of 2006),
(b) Part 1 of the First Schedule, in so far as it relates to the offence specified at reference number 18 (inserted by section 16 (2)(c) of the
Road Traffic Act 2006
),
and
(c) section 25(2), in so far as it applies to the repeal of subsections (1) and (2) of
section 36
of the
Road Traffic Act 1961
(No. 24 of 1961) in respect of the offence specified at that reference number.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
14 August 2006.
Martin Cullen
__________________
Minister for Transport.
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 1 September 2006, to apply the penalty point system to the offence (holding a mobile phone while driving a mechanically propelled vehicle) under section 3(3) of the
Road Traffic Act 2006
.
S.I. No. 443 of 2006
Road Traffic Act 2002 (Commencement of Certain Provisions relating to Driving while Holding Mobile Phone) 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