{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-52A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-52A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/2994",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/52A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "52A",
  "heading": "Functions of Department as to road safety",
  "text": "(1) The Department must prepare and carry out a programme of measures designed to improve road safety.\n(2) The Department may, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, make contributions towards the cost of measures for promoting road safety which are taken by any authority, body or person.\n(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), in pursuance of its duty under that paragraph, the Department–\n(a) must carry out studies into accidents arising out of the use of vehicles on roads or parts of roads;\n(b) must, in the light of those studies, take such measures as appear to the Department to be appropriate to prevent such accidents, including the construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of roads which are maintainable by the Department, and other measures taken in the exercise of the Department's powers for controlling, protecting or assisting the movement of traffic on roads;\n(c) in constructing new roads, must take such measures as appear to the Department to be appropriate to reduce the possibilities of such accidents when the roads come into use.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 52A inserted (27.6.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 82(2); S.R. 2007/302, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 52A(1) substituted (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 66(2) (with art. 9(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 52A heading substituted (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 66(1) (with art. 9(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/2994/article/52A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:42:55.991221+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}