Explanatory note

By this Order 6th May 1983 is appointed as the day on which the provisions of the Transport Act 1981 specified in Article 3 come into force. Those provisions comprise the amendments made by that Act to the law relating to electrically assisted pedal cycles driving etc. under the influence of drinking or drugs, and to driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit, and matters ancillary thereto.