S.I. No. 167/1979:

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 1961 (SECTION 103) (OFFENCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979.

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 1961 (SECTION 103) (OFFENCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 and 103 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) as amended by sections 6 and 64 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (Section 103) (Offences) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979.

(2) The Road Traffic Act, 1961 (Section 103) (Offences) Regulations, 1976 and these Regulations shall be construed as one.

2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (Section 103) (Offences) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 188 of 1976 ).

3. Article 4 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion of the word "of" between the word "and" and the word "subsection (3)" in that article.

4. (1) Article 5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the word "seven" for the word "three" and the substitution of the word "five" for the word "two" in paragraphs (a) and (c) thereof respectively;

(2) The First Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the words "seven pounds or five pounds" for the words "two pounds, three pounds or five pounds" in each case where they occur in the said Schedule.

5. These Regulations shall come into force on the 20th day of June, 1979.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 11th day of May, 1979.

SYLVESTER BARRETT,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (Section 103) (Offences) Regulations, 1976 by increasing from £2 to £5 in respect of a parking offence and from £3 to £7 in respect of a clearway offence, the amount which a person liable to prosecution for an offence to which Section 103 of the Act applies may pay as an alternative to the institution of a prosecution.