{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-motor-vehicles-international-circulation-amendment-order-2004/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-motor-vehicles-international-circulation-amendment-order-2004/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110493966",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-motor-vehicles-international-circulation-amendment-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 1(5) of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 2004\nComing into force 2004\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the day of 2004\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas a draft of this Order has, in pursuance of section 1(5) of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952, been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952 as extended by article 14(1) of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland (Modification of Enactments—No.1) Order 1973, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 39. By virtue of section 8 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1967 (c. 70), the power under section 1 to make provision modifying an enactment relating to motor vehicles or the drivers of vehicles includes power to make provision corresponding to any such enactment."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 1(3) provides for the Minister of Transport to be authorised to make subordinate legislation. Subject to exceptions, not affecting the exercise of powers under section 1(3), the functions of the Minister of Transport have been sequentially transferred by virtue of the following series of statutory instruments; S.I. 1970/1681, 1976/1775, 1979/571, 1981/238, 1997/2971, 2001/2568, and 2002/2626. By virtue of the last of these instruments, functions arising under section 1(3) are exercisable by the Secretary of State for Transport."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1973/2163, to which there are amendments but none is relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110493966/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:23:51.130235+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}