2012 No. 1357 (C. 50)

Road Traffic

The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2012

Made

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Road Safety Act 20061.

Citation1

This Order may be cited as the Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2012.

Provisions coming into force2

The following provisions of the Road Safety Act 2006 shall come into force on 21st May 2012—

a

section 42 (driving instruction) insofar as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 24 of Schedule 6 (amendments to the Road Traffic Act 1988);

b

paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 insofar as it relates to paragraph 24 of Schedule 6; and

c

paragraph 24 of Schedule 6.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Mike PenningParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Transport
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force, on 21st May 2012, paragraph 24 of Schedule 6 to the Road Safety Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”), Section 42 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to, the 2006 Act are also brought into force to the extent to which they relate to paragraph 24 of Schedule 6.

Paragraph 24 of Schedule 6 amends section 141 (regulations) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) so as to widen the powers available to the Secretary of State when making regulations under Part 5 of that Act (including the power to make incidental and supplementary provision or different provision for different cases).

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 orders made before the date of this Order:

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.I.No.

Section 3

5.1.2009

2008/3164

Section 4

31.3.2009

2008/3164

Section 5 (and accordingly Schedule 1)

31.3.2009

2008/3164

Sections 6 and 7

31.3.2009

2008/3164

Section 8

1.4.2009

2008/3164

Section 9 (and accordingly Schedule 2)

1.4.2009

2008/3164

Section 11 (and accordingly Schedule 4)

5.1.2009

2008/3164

Section 12

5.1.2009

2008/3164

Section 14

24.9.2007

2007/2472

Sections 20 and 21

18.8.2008

2008/1918

Section 22(1) and (2)

4.2.2011

2011/19

Section 22(3) (and accordingly Schedule 5)

4.2.2011

2011/19

Section 22(4)

16.5.2011

2011/1119

Section 22(5)

4.2.2011

2011/19

Section 22(6) to the extent to which it relates to subsection (7)

4.2.2011

2011/19

Section 22(6) to the extent to which it relates to subsection (8)

16.5.2011

2011/1119

Section 22(7)

4.2.2011

2011/19

Section 22(8) to the extent to which it relates to paragraph 2(1) to (3) of Schedule 2A to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

16.5.2011

2011/1119

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

Section 30, to the extent not already commenced

18.8.2008

2008/1918

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 46

31.7.2008

2008/1864

Section 49A2

9.2.2009

2009/107

Section 49B3

9.2.2009

2009/107

Section 50

27.2.2007

2007/237

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 paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraph 1 of Schedule 7)

5.1.2009

2008/3164

Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraph 2 of Schedule 7)

31.3.2009

2008/3164

Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraph 3 of Schedule 7)

1.4.2009

2008/3164

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

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