LegalizeS.I. No. 495/2019 - Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
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1 amending act · 2024-05-17, S.I. No. 222/2024 - Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th October, 2019.
I, Shane Ross, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 (No. 7 of 1994) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:
1.
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.
- (2) The Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 to 2018 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 to 2019.
2.
These Regulations come into operation on 12^th November, 2019.
3.
In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 182 of 1997 ).
4.
Article 10 (as amended by the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 332 of 2012 )) of the Principal Regulations is amended by the substitution of the following for paragraph (1):
“(1)
(a) A driver shall not overtake or attempt to overtake if to do so would endanger or cause inconvenience to a pedal cyclist.
(b) A driver shall not overtake or attempt to overtake if to do so would endanger or cause inconvenience to a person other than a pedal cyclist.”.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
02 October, 2019.
SHANE ROSS,
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport..
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These Regulations separate out the dangerous overtaking of a pedal cyclist and the dangerous overtaking of a person other than a pedal cyclist.
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