S.I. No. 169/1968 - Road Traffic Act, 1968 (Commencement) Order, 1968.

S.I. No. 169 of 1968.

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 1968 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1968.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) hereby orders as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (Commencement) Order, 1968.

2. The following provisions of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 , shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1968:—

(a) sections 1 to 5, section 7, Part II, sections 18 to 20, section 23, Part IV, sections 37 to 42, sections 47 to 52, section 53, sections 56 and 57, sections 59, 60 and 62, and Part IX.

(b) section 6 for the purpose of effecting the amendment of the following provisions of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 , (No. 24 of 1961):—

section 3, sections 11 and 12, sections 15 to 20, sections 26, 36, 40, 42, 54, 58, sections 64 and 65, sections 76, 84, 87, sections 89 to 92, sections 95 and 96, section 101, sections 103 and 104, sections 106 and 109, sections 113 to 115, section 123 and the Second Schedule.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 9th

day of August, 1968.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into operation on 1st September, 1968, certain provisions of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 , (No. 25 of 1968).