Road Safety Act 1986

The amendments to a section of this Act made by Part 2 of the Road Legislation (Projects and Road Safety) Act 2006 only apply to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that Part.

Sections 50(1AC) and 50AAA(2A) of this Act, as inserted by section 19 of the Road Legislation (Projects and Road Safety) Act 2006, and sections 50AAB, 50AAC, 50AA and 89C of this Act, as amended by that section 19, only apply to offences or infringements alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that section 19.

Section 70(1C) of this Act, as substituted by section 10 of the Road Legislation (Projects and Road Safety) Act 2006 only applies to offences against section 70(1A) alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that section 10.

The amendments made to a section of this Act by any of the following provisions of the Road Legislation (Projects and Road Safety) Act 2006 only apply to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that provision—

section 21(1)(a);

section 21(2);

section 22(1)(a);

section 22(2).

Part 6AA of this Act, as inserted by section 24 of the Road Legislation (Projects and Road Safety) Act 2006, and sections 66 and 86 of this Act, as substituted by sections 23 and 26 respectively of that Act, only apply to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that section 24, 23 or 26 (as the case requires).

For the purposes of subsections (1) to (5), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of a provision of the Road Legislation (Projects and Road Safety) Act 2006, the offence is alleged to have been committed before the commencement of that provision.

The amendment of section 158 of this Act by section 14 of the Road Legislation (Projects and Road Safety) Act 2006 applies to a breach that occurred before, on or after the commencement of that amendment.