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Changes over time for: Section 52A


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The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Section 52A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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[Functions of Department for Regional Development as to road safetyN.I.
52A.—(1) The Department for Regional Development (in this Article “the Department”) must prepare and carry out a programme of measures designed to improve road safety.
(2) The Department may, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, make contributions towards the cost of measures for promoting road safety which are taken by any authority, body or person.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), in pursuance of its duty under that paragraph, the Department–
(a)must carry out studies into accidents arising out of the use of vehicles on roads or parts of roads;
(b)must, in the light of those studies, take such measures as appear to the Department to be appropriate to prevent such accidents, including the construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of roads which are maintainable by the Department, and other measures taken in the exercise of the Department's powers for controlling, protecting or assisting the movement of traffic on roads;
(c)in constructing new roads, must take such measures as appear to the Department to be appropriate to reduce the possibilities of such accidents when the roads come into use.]
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