The Road Traffic (Amendment) (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020
S.R. 2020/240 · Made 5 November 2020
Road Traffic And Vehicles
Made 5th November 2020
The Department for Infrastructuref1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(1) of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016f2 and vested in itf3.
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Footnotes
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Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved
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See Article 8(1)(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76)
Contents
- 1Citation
- 2Appointed Day
- Signature
- Schedule Provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 coming into operation on the 9th November 2020
- Explanatory note
1Citation
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020.
2Appointed 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 9th November 2020.
Signature
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 5th November 2020
L.S.
Chris Hughes
A senior officer of the
Department for Infrastructure
Provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 coming into operation on the 9th November 2020
| Provisions of the Act | Subject Matter |
|---|---|
| Section 6 | Choice of specimens |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This order brings into operation on the 9th November 2020 the provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 specified in the Schedule.
Section 6 amends Article 19 (choice of specimens of breath) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1 by removing the option (commonly called ‘the statutory option’) whereby a driver had a right to opt for a blood or urine specimen to replace a breath specimen indicating the proportion of alcohol in their breath if their breath test was marginally over the prescribed limit.