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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th October, 2019. | ||
I, Shane Ross, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 (No. 7 of 1994) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) Regulations 2019. | ||
(2) The Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 to 2018 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 to 2019. | ||
2. These Regulations come into operation on 12th November, 2019. | ||
3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 182 of 1997 ). | ||
4. Article 10 (as amended by the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 332 of 2012 )) of the Principal Regulations is amended by the substitution of the following for paragraph (1): | ||
“(1) (a) A driver shall not overtake or attempt to overtake if to do so would endanger or cause inconvenience to a pedal cyclist. | ||
(b) A driver shall not overtake or attempt to overtake if to do so would endanger or cause inconvenience to a person other than a pedal cyclist.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
02 October, 2019. | ||
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.) | ||
These Regulations separate out the dangerous overtaking of a pedal cyclist and the dangerous overtaking of a person other than a pedal cyclist. |
