The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2012

Made: 10th May 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Road Safety Act 2006[^f00001].

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2012.

Provisions coming into force

2

The following provisions of the Road Safety Act 2006 shall come into force on 21st May 2012—

• (a) section 42 (driving instruction) insofar as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 24 of Schedule 6 (amendments to the Road Traffic Act 1988);

• (b) paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 insofar as it relates to paragraph 24 of Schedule 6; and

• (c) paragraph 24 of Schedule 6.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Mike Penning — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 10th May 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force, on 21st May 2012, paragraph 24 of Schedule 6 to the Road Safety Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”), Section 42 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to, the 2006 Act are also brought into force to the extent to which they relate to paragraph 24 of Schedule 6.

Paragraph 24 of Schedule 6 amends section 141 (regulations) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) so as to widen the powers available to the Secretary of State when making regulations under Part 5 of that Act (including the power to make incidental and supplementary provision or different provision for different cases).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c. 49.

[^f00002]: Section 49A was inserted by section 129 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26).

[^f00003]: Section 49B was inserted by section 130 of the Local Transport Act 2008.