Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No.7) Order 2011.

Provisions coming into force

2.  The following provisions of the Road Safety Act 2006 shall come into force on 16th May 2011—

(a)section 22(4);

(b)section 22(6) to the extent to which it relates to subsection (8); and

(c)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(2).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 16^th May 2011 section 22 (4) of the Road Safety Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) (article 2) which amends the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”).

Section 22(6) of the 2006 Act is brought into force only to the extent to which it relates to section 22(8).

Section 22(8) is brought into force only to the extent to which it relates to offences made by virtue of paragraph 2(1) to (3) of Schedule 2A to the Road Traffic Act 1988 (“RTA”).

Section 22 of the 2006 Act relates to the offence of keeping a vehicle which does not meet the insurance requirements.

Section 22(4) provides the level of penalty for offences made by regulation under section 160 of the RTA by virtue of Schedule 2A to that Act.

Section 22(8) provides for the mode of prosecution and specifies the penalties in respect of those provisions of regulations under Schedule 2A to the RTA, contravention of or failure to comply with which is an offence, namely: removing or interfering with an immobilisation notice; removing or attempting to remove an immobilisation device and wrongfully displaying a disabled person’s badge.

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: