S.I. No. 253/2011 - Road Traffic Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011.

2. The day fixed as the day on which the

Road Traffic Act 2011

(No. 7 of 2011) comes into operation is 1st June 2011.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 May 2011.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order brings into operation with effect from 1st June 2011 all provisions of the

Road Traffic Act 2011

.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

3

rd June

, 2011.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 5

(2) of the

Road Traffic Act 2011

(No. 7 of 2011) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 141 of 2011

)), hereby order as follows