Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 405/2018
• Year: 2018

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 12th October, 2018.

I, SHANE ROSS, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 6 (2) of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 18 of 2018), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018.

2. The 26th day of October 2018 is appointed as the day on which sections 2 , 3 and 6 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 (No. 18 of 2018) come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

4 October 2018.

SHANE ROSS,

Minister for Transport Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This order brings into effect, from 26 October 2018, certain provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 . The principal effect of the provisions in question is that drivers who currently receive 3 penalty points for certain drink driving offences will in future receive a 3-month driving disqualification instead. The provisions commenced will also make a number of corrections to legislative cross-references.