1(1)Until the appointed day, section 15 of the [1988 c. 52.] Road Traffic Act 1988 shall have effect as if—
(a)subsections (3), (4) and (6) to (8) were omitted, and
(b)in subsection (5), the words “or (3)” in paragraphs (a) and (c) and the words “or as the rear of the vehicle for the purposes of subsection (3) above” in paragraph (b) were omitted,
and section 195(3) and (4) shall have effect as if the references to section 15 were omitted.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) above, “the appointed day” means such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint and different days may be appointed for different provisions or different purposes.