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The Road Traffic (Drink and Drugs) (Cambridgeshire Guided Busway) Regulations 2011

S.I. 2011/1652 · Made 5 July 2011

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Road Traffic

Made 5th July 2011

Laid before Parliament 8th July 2011

Coming into force 5th August 2011

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 192A(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988f1.

Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c.52; section 192A was inserted by the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), section 39.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Application of sections 4 to 11 of the Act
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Drink and Drugs) (Cambridgeshire Guided Busway) Regulations 2011 and they come into force on 5th August 2011.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations—

(a)

“the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;

(b)

“the TWA Order” means the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Order 2005f1;

(c)

“the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway” has the meaning which “the authorised guided busway” has in the TWA Order.

3Application of sections 4 to 11 of the Act

(1)

Sections 4 to 11 of the Actf1 apply to vehicles on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway with the modifications specified in paragraph (2).

(2)

Those modifications are that—

(a)

references to a “road” are deemed to include reference to the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway;

(b)

references to a “motor vehicle” are deemed to include reference to a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Norman Baker

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

5th July 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations apply sections 4 to 11 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, which provide for offences involving drink or drugs, to the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway.

The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway is the guided busway system authorised by the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Order 2005.

The principal offences under sections 4 to 11 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 involve driving, or being in charge of, a vehicle when unfit through drink or drugs (section 4) or with an alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit (section 5).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.