Introductory text

ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 3rd December 1996

Laid before Parliament 10th December 1996

Coming into force 1st January 1997

The Secretary of State for Transport—

(a)

in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1), (2) and (5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988^f1 (“the 1988 Act”), and
(b)

being a Minister designated^f2 for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972^f3 in relation to the regulation of the construction and equipment of vehicles and the components of vehicles, in exercise of the powers conferred by that subsection,

and in exercise of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of the 1988 Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1988 c. 52; section 41 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 50 and Schedule 8.
f2: S.I. 1972/1811.
f3: 1972 c. 68.