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The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011

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2011 No. 1119 (C. 45)

Road Traffic

The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011

Made

12th April 2011

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(1).

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).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Mike Penning

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

12th April 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 16th 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:

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Section 35.1.20092008/3164
Section 431.3.20092008/3164
Section 5 (and accordingly Schedule 1)31.3.20092008/3164
Sections 6 and 731.3.20092008/3164
Section 81.4.20092008/3164
Section 9 (and accordingly Schedule 2)1.4.20092008/3164
Section 11 (and accordingly Schedule 4)5.1.20092008/3164
Section 125.1.20092008/3164
Section 1424.9.20072007/2472
Sections 20 and 2118.8.20082008/1918
Section 22(1) and (2)4.2.20112011/19
Section 22(3) (and accordingly Schedule 5)4.2.20112011/19
Section 22(5)4.2.20112011/19
Section 22(6) to the extent to which it relates to subsection (7)4.2.20112011/19
Section 22(7)4.2.20112011/19
Sections 23 to 2524.9.20072007/2472
Section 2627.2.20072007/237
Sections 27 to 2924.9.20072007/2472
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 Act24.9.20072007/2472
Section 30, to the extent not already commenced18.8.20082008/1918
Sections 31 to 3324.9.20072007/2472
Section 3627.2.20072007/237
Section 4027.2.20072007/237
Section 4124.9.20072007/2472
Section 4324.9.20072007/2472
Section 44 as to England and Wales16.3.20072007/466
Section 45 as to England and Wales30.7.20082008/1862
Section 4631.7.20082008/1864
Section 49A(3)9.2.20092009/107
Section 49B(4)9.2.20092009/107
Section 5027.2.20072007/237
Section 52 as to England and Wales16.3.20072007/466
Section 53 as to England and Wales28.1.20082007/3492
Section 54 as to England and Wales31.3.20082007/3492
Section 55 as to England and Wales28.1.20082007/3492
Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraph 1 of Schedule 7)5.1.20092008/3164
Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraph 2 of Schedule 7)31.3.20092008/3164
Section 59 in so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 (and accordingly paragraph 3 of Schedule 7)1.4.20092008/3164
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)24.9.20072007/2472
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)27.2.20072007/237
(2)

1988 c.53; Schedule 2A was inserted by the Road Safety Act 2006, section 22(3).

(3)

Section 49A was inserted by section 129 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26).

(4)

Section 49B was inserted by section 130 of the Local Transport Act 2008.

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