S.I. No. 457 of 2006

Road Traffic Act 2006 (Part Commencement Section 16(2)(c)) Order 2006

I, Martin Cullen, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 23(2) of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006), hereby order as follows:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 2006 (Part Commencement Section 16(2)(c)) Order 2006.

2.  The day fixed as the day on which section 16(2)(c) the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006), in so far as it relates to the insertion into Part 1 of the First Schedule to the Road Traffic Act 2002 (No. 12 of 2002) of the matter at reference number 18, comes into operation is 1 September 2006.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order commences part of section 16(2)(c) of the Road Traffic Act 2006 , with effect from 1 September 2006, in relation to the inclusion of the offence (holding a mobile phone while driving a mechanically propelled vehicle) under section 3(3) of the Road Traffic Act 2006 in the First Schedule (listing penalty point offences) to the Road Traffic Act 2002 .