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The Road Traffic (Amendment) (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2016 No. 399 (C. 31)
Road Traffic And Vehicles
The Road Traffic (Amendment) (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Made
15th November 2016
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016.
Appointed day
2. The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, specified in the Schedule, shall be 25th November 2016.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 15th November 2016
Elizabeth Loughran
A senior officer of the
Department for Infrastructure
Article 2
SCHEDULEProvisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 coming into operation on 25th November 2016
| Provisions of the Act | Subject Matter |
|---|---|
| Section 3 | Breath testing at authorised check–points |
| Section 4 | Check-point breath tests: further provision |
| Section 21 | Extension of requirements as regards protective headgear |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into operation on 25th November 2016 the provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 specified in the Schedule.
Section 3 amends the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (the “Order of 1995”) by inserting Article 17CA. It provides Police with the power to establish a check-point and to require the person in charge of a vehicle to provide a breath test.
Section 4 contains a number of further amendments to the Order of 1995 to facilitate the new power to establish a check-point and require a breath test.
Section 21 extends the Department’s existing powers, to make regulations requiring the wearing of protective headgear on motorcycles, to other motor vehicles.
(1)
Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved
(3)
See Article 8(1)(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76)
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