EXPLANATORY NOTE
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.