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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for the regulation of road traffic in Northern Ireland. It replaces provisions of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 relating to speed limits, parking places, traffic signs, traffic wardens and the regulation of road traffic e generally.

Part II of the Order provides for driving or riding on the left as a general rule. Part III provides for various forms of regulation of traffic. Part IV empowers the Department of the Environment to provide parking places and regulates their use.

Part V deals with traffic signs and Part VI provides for speed limits for vehicles. Part VII contains provisions relating to traffic wardens and their functions. Part VIII provides for the removal and disposal of vehicles and Part IX contains miscellaneous provisions, including provisions relating to the misuse of disabled persons' badges.

Orders under this Order are with certain exceptions no longer subject to negative resolution and are exempted from requirements as to their being printed and sold.

[a] This Statutory Instrument has been amended by correction slip. "Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997" was substituted for "Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1996" in paras 1(a) and (b), 2, 3, 4(b), 5, 7(a) and (b), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13(a), 14, 15, 16(a)-(c), 17(a) and (b), 19, art 50(1)(b) and art 50(3)(a), 21, 23, 24, 25(a) and (c), 26, 27(a) and 28 of Schedule 8 to the Statutory Instrument back

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Prepared 30 June 1997

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