Introductory text

Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 9th March 2016

Coming into operation 18th April 2016

The Department of the Environment makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1 and Articles 5(3)(a), 5(3)(ba) and 19C(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f2.

The Department of the Environment is designated^f3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles.

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f1: 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)
f2: S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); Article 5 was substituted by Schedule 1 to S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3) and paragraph (3) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to S.I. 1996 /1320 (N.I. 10) and Article 44 of S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10); Article 19C was substituted by Schedule 1 to S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3) and amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to S.R. 1996 No. 426, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to S.I 2003/2903 (N.I. 16) and Article 34 of S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)
f3: S.I. 1981/1536; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations