The Road Traffic (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 3 and Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2008 No. 223 (C. 9)

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Road Traffic (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 3 and Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made

20th May 2008

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(3) and 1(4)(b) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007(1).

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 3 and Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 81 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 shall be 26^th May 2008.

Amendment to the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

3.  In regulation 3 of the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(2) (amendment to the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 in respect of motor insurance requirements) omit paragraph (6).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 20^th May 2008.

Stanley Duncan

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation on 26^th May 2008 Article 81 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”).

Article 81 enables the Department to make provision in regulations requiring the Motor Insurers’ Information Centre to make available relevant vehicle insurance information to the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Article 3 of this Order revokes regulation 3(6) of the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 as a consequence of the earlier commencement of the repeal in Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the 2007 Order for the entry relating to Article 180(2)(b) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 have been brought into operation by commencement order before the date of this Order.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. No.
Article 3(a) (insofar as it relates to the amendment of the punishment for commission of the offence of driving a motor vehicle in contravention of regulations requiring the wearing of seat belts), (b) and (c), Articles 4-9, Article 17, Article 26, Article 28, Article 43, Articles 82-85, Article 86(1) and Schedule 7 (partially), Article 86(2) and Schedule 8 (partially).	27th June 2007	2007 No. 302 (C.19)
Articles 14-15, Article 18(1) and (3), Articles 19-20, Article 27, Article 29, Articles 30-35, Article 37, Articles 41-42, Article 44, Article 79, Article 86(1) and Schedule 7 (partially), Article 86(2) and Schedule 8 (partially).	15th November 2007	2007 No. 454 (C.30)

(1)

S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)

(2)

S.R. 2000 No. 331