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Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
13th July 2006
Coming into force
18th September 2006
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) and sections 14(1) and (2) and 15(3) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(2).
The Secretary of State for Transport has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the carriage of passengers and goods by road(3).
The Secretary of State for Transport has consulted with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
A draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 195(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972.
Accordingly the Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations:
1988 c. 52; sections 15 and 195 were amended by the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3105) and section 15A was inserted by section 1 of the Motor Vehicles (Safety Equipment for Children) Act 1991 c. 14.
S.I. 1996/266.
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