The Road Traffic (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 16 (C. 3)

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Road Traffic (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

26th January 2012

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

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 9) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.

(2) In this Order “the Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Order specified in the Schedule is 23^rd April 2012.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 26^th January 2012

Deirdre Kenny

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Article 2

SCHEDULE Provisions coming into operation on 23^rd April 2012

Provisions of the Order	Subject Matter
Article 12	Financial penalty deposits
Article 13 and Schedule 1	Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal of vehicles

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation the provisions of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 specified in the Schedule.

Article 12 inserts a new Part IVA into the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. These provisions will enable the police and vehicle examiners to require the payment of a deposit by offenders who avoid payment of fixed penalty deposits and prosecution by not having a satisfactory address in the United Kingdom.

Article 13 and Schedule 1 provide for the immobilisation of vehicles that have been prohibited from driving and for the removal and disposal of such vehicles in accordance with Regulations.

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 orders made 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 to 9 Article 17 Article 26 Article 28 Article 43 Articles 82 to 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 and 15 Article 18(1) and (3) Articles 19 and 20 Article 27 Articles 29 to 35 Article 37 Articles 41 and 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)
Article 81	26th May 2008	2008 No.223 (C. 9)
Article 21	9th June 2008	2008 No.244 (C. 13)
Articles 46 to 51 Article 52 (1) to (5) Article 55 (1) to (4) Articles 56 to 63 Articles 69 to 77 Article 78 and Schedule 6 (partially) Article 86(2) and Schedule 8 (partially)	2nd August 2010	2010 No. 226 (C. 13)
Article 16 Schedule 2 Article 86(2) and Schedule 8 (partially)	13th December 2010	2010 No.370 (C. 23 )
Articles 38 and 39 Schedule 4 Article 86(2) and Schedule 8 (partially)	14th December 2010	2010 No.370 (C. 23)
Articles 22 and 23 Article 86(1) and Schedule 7 (partially)	12th September .2011	2011 No. 286 (C. 21)
Article 36	6th February 2012	2011 No. 433 (C. 32)

(1)

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