The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2012

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 1357 (C. 50)

Road Traffic

The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2012

Made

10th May 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Road Safety Act 2006(1).

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2012.

Provisions coming into force

2.  The following provisions of the Road Safety Act 2006 shall come into force on 21st May 2012—

(a) section 42 (driving instruction) insofar as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 24 of Schedule 6 (amendments to the Road Traffic Act 1988);

(b) paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 insofar as it relates to paragraph 24 of Schedule 6; and

(c) paragraph 24 of Schedule 6.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Mike Penning

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

10th May 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force, on 21st May 2012, paragraph 24 of Schedule 6 to the Road Safety Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”), Section 42 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to, the 2006 Act are also brought into force to the extent to which they relate to paragraph 24 of Schedule 6.

Paragraph 24 of Schedule 6 amends section 141 (regulations) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) so as to widen the powers available to the Secretary of State when making regulations under Part 5 of that Act (including the power to make incidental and supplementary provision or different provision for different cases).

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Road Safety Act 2006 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 3	5.1.2009	2008/3164
Section 4	31.3.2009	2008/3164
Section 5 (and accordingly Schedule 1)	31.3.2009	2008/3164
Sections 6 and 7	31.3.2009	2008/3164
Section 8	1.4.2009	2008/3164
Section 9 (and accordingly Schedule 2)	1.4.2009	2008/3164
Section 11 (and accordingly Schedule 4)	5.1.2009	2008/3164
Section 12	5.1.2009	2008/3164
Section 14	24.9.2007	2007/2472
Sections 20 and 21	18.8.2008	2008/1918
Section 22(1) and (2)	4.2.2011	2011/19
Section 22(3) (and accordingly Schedule 5)	4.2.2011	2011/19
Section 22(4)	16.5.2011	2011/1119
Section 22(5)	4.2.2011	2011/19
Section 22(6) to the extent to which it relates to subsection (7)	4.2.2011	2011/19
Section 22(6) to the extent to which it relates to subsection (8)	16.5.2011	2011/1119
Section 22(7)	4.2.2011	2011/19
Section 22(8) to the extent to which it relates to paragraph 2(1) to (3) of Schedule 2A to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988	16.5.2011	2011/1119
Sections 23 to 25	24.9.2007	2007/2472
Section 26	27.2.2007	2007/237
Sections 27 to 29	24.9.2007	2007/2472
Section 30 in so far as section 3ZA of the Road Traffic Act 1988 has effect for the purposes of sections 3 and 3A of that Act	24.9.2007	2007/2472
Section 30, to the extent not already commenced	18.8.2008	2008/1918
Sections 31 to 33	24.9.2007	2007/2472
Section 36	27.2.2007	2007/237
Section 40	27.2.2007	2007/237
Section 41	24.9.2007	2007/2472
Section 43	24.9.2007	2007/2472
Section 44 as to England and Wales	16.3.2007	2007/466
Section 45 as to England and Wales	30.7.2008	2008/1862
Section 46	31.7.2008	2008/1864
Section 49A(2)	9.2.2009	2009/107
Section 49B(3)	9.2.2009	2009/107
Section 50	27.2.2007	2007/237
Section 52 as to England and Wales	16.3.2007	2007/466
Sections 53 as to England and Wales	28.1.2008	2007/3492
Section 54 as to England and Wales	31.3.2008	2007/3492
Section 55 as to England and Wales	28.1.2008	2007/3492
Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraph 1 of Schedule 7)	5.1.2009	2008/3164
Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraph 2 of Schedule 7)	31.3.2009	2008/3164
Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraph 3 of Schedule 7)	1.4.2009	2008/3164
Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 5 and 13 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraphs 5 and 13 of Schedule 7)	24.9.2007	2007/2472
Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 9, 12 and 16 of Schedule 7, (and accordingly paragraphs 9, 12 and 16 of Schedule 7)	27.2.2007	2007/237

(1)

2006 c. 49.

(2)

Section 49A was inserted by section 129 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26).

(3)

Section 49B was inserted by section 130 of the Local Transport Act 2008.