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Road Traffic

Made 11th December 2013

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of December 2013

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

A draft of this Order was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 1(5) of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952^f1 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972^f2 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(1), (2)(b) 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^f3, and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:-

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Footnotes

f1: 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 includes power to make provision corresponding to any such enactment. The power under section 1 has also been amended to extend provisions to Northern Ireland (S.I. 1973/2163), but that amendment is not relevant to this Order.
f2: 1972 c.68; relevant amendments to section 2 were made by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3(3) and Part I of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).
f3: S.I. 1973/2163 (1973 III, p. 7541). The instrument remains in force by virtue of section 95(1)(c) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47).