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

Made12th 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 20061.

Citation1

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

Provisions coming into force2

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 19882.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Mike PenningParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Transport12th April 2011

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:

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(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(7)	4.2.2011	2011/19
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 49A3	9.2.2009	2009/107
Section 49B4	9.2.2009	2009/107
Section 50	27.2.2007	2007/237
Section 52 as to England and Wales	16.3.2007	2007/466
Section 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