Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 362
Road Traffic, Wales
The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (General Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2013
Made
26th February 2013
Laid before Parliament
28th February 2013
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
28th February 2013
Coming into force
25th March 2013
These Regulations are made by the Lord Chancellor in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 78, 81, 82 and 89 of the Traffic Management Act 2004(1) and by section 26 of the Welsh Language Act 1993(2), and by the Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred upon the National Assembly for Wales and now vested in them(3) by sections 72, 73(3), 79, 88 and 89 of that Act and by paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 7 to that Act(4), and after consultation with the bodies specified in paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 7 to that Act.
In accordance with paragraph 24 of Schedule 7 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(5), the Lord Chancellor and the Welsh Ministers have consulted the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.
2004 c.18. Section 81 was amended by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, section 50, Schedule 10 paragraph 39 and by S.I. 2006/1016. Section 82 was amended by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, sections 62(3) and 146, Schedule 13 paragraph 156(a) and Schedule 23, Part 3.
The functions of the National Assembly for Wales under the Traffic Management Act 2004 were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32). By virtue of section 92 of the Traffic Management Act 2004, the National Assembly for Wales was designated as the “appropriate national authority” as regards Wales, for the purposes of regulations made under Part 6.
Section 79 was amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c.13), section 19, Schedule 1, paragraph 48 and Schedule 2.