# The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
“the RTA” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;
“the RTOA” means the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988;
“Commencement Date” means 8th June 2015;
“Community counterpart” means the document referred to as a “counterpart” issued by the Secretary of State to a Community licence holder under section 99B of the RTA (as that section stood prior to this Order coming into force) and “Community licence” means the same as “Community licence” in section 108 of the RTA;
“conditional offer” means a conditional offer made under section 75 of the RTOA;
“Counterpart” means the document, issued with a driving licence by the Secretary of State under the RTA, designed for the endorsement of particulars related to the driving licence;
“driving licence” means a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part 3 of the RTA;
“driving record” means the same as “driving record” in section 97A of the RTOA;
“disqualification” means the same as “disqualification” in section 98(1) of the RTOA;
“fixed penalty notice” means the same as “fixed penalty notice” in section 52 of the RTOA;
“section 109A counterpart” means the document referred to as a “counterpart” issued to the holder of a Northern Ireland licence by the Secretary of State under section 109A of the RTA (as that section stood prior to this Order coming into force) and “Northern Ireland licence” means the same as “Northern Ireland licence” in section 108 of the RTA;
“traffic commissioner” means a commissioner appointed under section 4 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/560/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-safety-act-2006-commencement-no-11-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015/article-2
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