PART I INTRODUCTORY

1 Title and commencement
1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.
2 This Part shall come into operation on the expiration of 7 days from the day on which this Order is made.
3 The other provisions of this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.
4 An order under paragraph (3) may contain—
(a) such transitional provisions and savings;
(b) such supplementary, incidental or consequential provisions (including any provision amending this Order),
as the Department considers necessary or expedient in connection with the coming into operation of any of the provisions of this Order.
5 The day on which Articles 38 and 39 and Schedule 4 (and the repeals contained in Part IV of Schedule 8) come into operation must be—
(a) later than the day on which Article 16 and Schedule 2 (and the repeals contained in Part III of Schedule 8) come into operation, but
(b) earlier than the day on which Article 40 and Schedule 5 (and the repeals contained in Part V of Schedule 8) come into operation.

2 Interpretation
1 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
2 In this Order—
“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;
“the Offenders Order” means the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 10);
“the Order of 1981” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 1);
“the Order of 1991” means the Road Traffic (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 3);
“the Order of 1995” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 18);
“statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).