The Road Traffic Regulation (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1998 No. 296 (C. 12)

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Road Traffic Regulation (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made

19th August 1998

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(3) of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(1) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Regulation (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998.

(2) In this Order “the Order” means the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Order specified in the Schedule shall be 2nd November 1998.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on

L.S.

J. Carlisle

Assistant Secretary

19th August 1998.

Article 2

SCHEDULE Provisions coming into operation on 2nd November 1998

Provision of the Order	Subject Matter
Article 55	Disabled persons' badges.
Article 56	Wrongful use of badge.
Article 75(2) so far as it relates to— (a) the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978(2); and (b) the provisions of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(3) and Article 4 of the Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Order 1982(4) relating to Article 174A of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(5).	Repeals.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings into operation on 2nd November 1998 the last remaining provisions of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 which deal with the disabled persons and consequential repeals.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 have been brought into operation by commencement order before the date of this Order—

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. No.
Article 75(2) so far as it relates to— (a) paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18); (b) Article 61(1), (2) and (4) of the Order.	1st October 1997	1997/410 (C. 25)

(1)

S.I. 1997/276 (N.I. 2)

(2)

1978 c. 53; section 14(4) and (5) is amended by Article 55(3) and (5) of S.I. 1997/276 (N.I. 2)

(3)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1)

(4)

S.I. 1982/1535 (N.I. 18)

(5)

Article 174A was inserted by Article 4(1)(d) of S.I. 1982/1535 (N.I. 18)