# The Road Traffic (Amendment) (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

S.R. 2016/399 · made 15 November 2016

This Order brings into operation on 25th November 2016 the provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 specified in the Schedule.

Made under: Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (Section 26)

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## Introductory text

Road Traffic And Vehicles
Made 15th November 2016
The Department for Infrastructure makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(1) of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and now vested in it.

## 1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016.

## 2 Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, specified in the Schedule, shall be 25th November 2016.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 15th November 2016
L.S.
Elizabeth Loughran
A senior officer of the
Department for Infrastructure

## Provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 coming into operation on 25th November 2016

Provisions of the Act
Subject Matter
Section 3
Breath testing at authorised check–points
Section 4
Check-point breath tests: further provision
Section 21
Extension of requirements as regards protective headgear

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into operation on 25th November 2016 the provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 specified in the Schedule.
Section 3 amends the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (the “Order of 1995”) by inserting Article 17CA. It provides Police with the power to establish a check-point and to require the person in charge of a vehicle to provide a breath test.
Section 4 contains a number of further amendments to the Order of 1995 to facilitate the new power to establish a check-point and require a breath test.
Section 21 extends the Department’s existing powers, to make regulations requiring the wearing of protective headgear on motorcycles, to other motor vehicles.

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