Road Traffic Act 1994

Short title, commencement, construction and collective citation.

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1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic Act, 1994.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister under this section, may be fixed therefor either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions, including the application of section 4 to different Acts specified therein and to different provisions of those Acts.

(3) The Principal Act, the Act of 1968, the Act of 1984 and the Act of 1987 (in so far as it amends those Acts), shall be construed as one with this Act and may be cited together therewith as the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1994.

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

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Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2003) by Road Traffic Act 1994 (Section 25) (Commencement) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 597 of 2002), art. 2.

2. The 1st day of January 2003 is fixed as the day on which section 25 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 (No. 7 of 1994) comes into operation.

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Power pursuant to section exercised (12.08.1998) by Road Traffic Act 1994 (Commencement) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 284 of 1998), art. 2.

2. Paragraph (j) of subsection (1) of section 49 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 shall come into operation on the 12th day of August, 1998.

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Power pursuant to section exercised (1.05.1997 and 1.10.1997) by Road Traffic Act 1994 (Commencement) Order 1997 (S.I. 180 of 1997), arts. 2 and 3.

2. The following provisions of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1997:

(a) section 4 for the purpose of effecting the repeal of sections 89 and 90 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and section 60 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968);

(b) section 35.

3. Section 36 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1997.

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Power pursuant to section exercised (19.04.1995 and 1.06.1995) by Road Traffic Act 1994 (Commencement) Order 1995 (S.I. No. 86 of 1995), art. 2.

2. (1) Sections 40, 41 and 47 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 shall come into operation on the 19th day of April, 1995.

(2) Section 43 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1995.

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Power pursuant to section exercised (2.12.1994) by Road Traffic Act 1994 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 1994 (S.I. No. 350 of 1994) art. 2.

2. The following provisions of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 shall come into operation on the 2nd day of December, 1994:

(a) section 4 for the purpose of effecting the repeal of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 19 of 1978);

(b) sections 5 to 24, sections 26 to 29, section 39, section 45 and paragraphs (d) and (l) of subsection (1) of section 49.

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Power pursuant to section exercised (22.07.1994) by Road Traffic Act 1994 (Commencement) Order 1994 (S.I. No. 222 of 1994), art. 2.

2. The following provisions of the Road Traffic Act. 1994 shall come into operation on the 22nd day of July, 1994:

(a) sections 1 to 3, sections 30 to 34, section 37, section 38, section 42, section 44, section 46, section 48 and section 49 other than paragraphs (d), (j) and (1) of subsection (1);

(b) section 4 for the purpose of effecting the repeal of section 101 (8), section 101A (inserted by the Act of 1987) and section 115 (7) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961).