S.I. No. 4/2012 - Road Traffic (Courses of Instruction) (Learner Permit Holders) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Courses of Instruction) (Learner Permit Holders) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

2. The Road Traffic (Courses of Instruction) (Learner Permit Holders) Regulations 2011 (

S.I. No. 173 of 2011

) are amended—

(

a

) in Regulation 3(3), by inserting after the definition of “code 73” the following

“Essential Driver Training for Car Drivers” means a course of instruction comprising training in the procedures and processes referred to in each of the 12 lessons set out in the Schedule;”,

and

(

b

) by substituting for Regulation 4(3) the following

“(3) A person may only undergo each of lessons 2 to 8 of Essential Driver Training for Car Drivers if he or she holds a logbook issued to him or her on which an instructor has signed and stamped the pages relating to the immediately preceding lesson as set out in the Schedule.

(3A) A person may only undergo any of lessons 9 to 12 of Essential Driver Training for Car Drivers if he or she holds a logbook issued to him or her on which an instructor has signed and stamped the pages relating to lesson 8.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 January 2012.

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.)

The purpose of these Regulations is to amend certain anomalies in the Regulations regarding Essential Drivwer Training (EDT).'

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th January

, 2012.

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

section 42

(2)(

m

), (

n

) and (

o

) (inserted by

section 10

of the

Road Traffic Act 2006

(No. 23 of 2006)) of the

Road Traffic Act 1961

(No. 24 of 1961) 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 Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 141 of 2011

)), hereby make the following regulations