Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1864 (C. 79)
Road Traffic
The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2008
Made 14th July 2008

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Road Safety Act 2006.
2006 c.49.

Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No.3) Order 2008.

Commencement of section 46
2. Section 46 of the Road Safety Act 2006 (which extends Part 2 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 to Scotland and Northern Ireland) shall come into force on 31st July 2008.
2001 c.3.

Transitional provision
3. Sections 17(1) and 28 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 shall not apply before 1st November 2008 to any person in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
14th July 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 31st July 2008 section 46 of the Road Safety Act 2006 (article 2).
Section 46 extends Part 2 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Part 2 of the 2001 Act contains provisions regulating registration plate suppliers
The offences in section 17(1) (carrying on business as a registration plate supplier whilst unregistered) and 28 (selling a plate or other device as a registration plate and supplying a plate or device for unlawful activities) of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 do not apply to persons in Scotland or Northern Ireland until 1st November 2008 (article 3).

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 order made before the date of this Order:
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 14	24.9.2007	2007/2472
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
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 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 paragraphs 9, 12 and 16 of Schedule 7, (and accordingly paragraphs 9, 12 and 16 of Schedule 7)	27.2.2007	2007/237
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