Road Traffic Act 2010

1.

Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction.

1.— (1) This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 2010.

(2) This Act comes 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.

(3) The Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2007 and this Act may be cited as the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010 and shall be read together as one.

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

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Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (1.06.2017) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Part 3) (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 241 of 2017).

2. The 1st day of June 2017 is fixed as the day on which Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010) comes into operation.

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Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (17.04.2016) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Section 54(d)) (Defective or Worn Tyres) (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 168 of 2016).

2. The day fixed as the day on which section 54 (d) of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010), in so far as it relates to the insertion of Part 9 into the First Schedule to the Road Traffic Act 2002 (No. 12 of 2002) other than the matter at reference numbers 1 and 2 in that Part, comes into operation is 17 April 2016.

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Power pursuant to subs. (2) exercised (26.11.2014) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Impairment Testing) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 536 of 2014), art. 2.

2. The day fixed as the day on which— ...

(b) section 11 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010), and

...

come into operation is 26 November 2014.

E10

Power pursuant to section exercised (21.12.2012) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Section 53(3)(c)) (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 560 of 2012).

2. Paragraph (c) of section 53(3) of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010) comes into operation on the day after the making of this Order.

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Power pursuant to section exercised (25.07.2012) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Section 48) (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 293 of 2012).

2. Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010) comes into operation on the date of the making of this Order.

E12

Power pursuant to section exercised (28.10.2011 and 29.10.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Section 33) (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 544 of 2011).

3. The day fixed as the day on which section 33(a) of the Act of 2010 comes into operation in so far as it relates to—

(a) section 49 (other than subsection (8)),

(b) section 50 (other than subsections (8) and (10)), and

(c) section 51 (other than subsection (4)),

of the Principal Act is 28 October 2011.

4. The day fixed as the day on which section 33(b) of the Act of 2010 comes into operation in so far as it relates to section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) is 28 October 2011.

5. The day fixed as the day on which section 33(c) of the Act of 2010 comes into operation in so far as it relates to—

(a) Part II (sections 5 to 8), and

(b) sections 10, 11 and 14,

of the Act of 1994 is 28 October 2011.

6. The day fixed as the day on which section 33(f) (other than in so far as it relates to subsections (7), (8) and (9) of section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006)) of the Act of 2010 comes into operation is 28 October 2011.

7. The day fixed as the day on which subsections (e), (g) and (h) of section 33 of the Act of 2010 come into operation is 28 October 2011.

8. The day fixed as the day on which section 33(a) of the Act of 2010 comes into operation in so far as it relates to—

(a) section 49(8),

(b) section 50(10), and

(c) section 51(4),

of the Principal Act is 29 October 2011.

9. The day fixed as the day on which section 33(c) of the Act of 2010 comes into operation in so far as it relates to—

(a) section 12 (other than subsection (5)),

(b) section 13 (other than subsection (4)), and

(c) sections 15 to 17,

of the Act of 1994 is 29 October 2011.

10. The day fixed as the day on which section 33(f) of the Act of 2010 comes into operation in so far as it relates to section 4(7) of the Road Traffic Act 2006 is 29 October 2011.

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Power pursuant to section exercised (28.10.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 543 of 2011).

2. The day fixed as the day on which—

(a) Chapters 1 to 6 (other than section 11), 7 (other than section 26(5)), 8 and 9 (other than section 32) of Part 2, and

(b) sections 60, 61, 63, 64, 65 and 87, of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010) come into operation is 28 October 2011.

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Power pursuant to section exercised (1.06.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 255 of 2010).

2. The day fixed as the day on which sections 55 to 59, 62, 67, 71 to 74, 76, 77, 79 to 81, 83 and 84, paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 85 and sections 88 to 92 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010) come into operation is 1 June, 2011.

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Power pursuant to section exercised (9.08.2010) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 394 of 2010).

2. The day fixed as the day on which Part 1 (sections 1 and 2) and sections 26(5), 68 and 78 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010) come into operation is 9th August 2010.