PART I

Preliminary and General

1. —This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978.

2. —(1) In this Act—

“the Act of 1968” means the Road Traffic Act, 1968 ;

“the Principal Act” means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 .

(2) In this Act, a reference to a Part or section is to a Part or section of this Act, unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended.

(3) In this Act, a reference to a subsection is to the subsection of the section in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other section is intended.

3. —The Principal Act, the Act of 1968 and this Act may be cited together as the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1978, and shall be construed together as one Act.

4. —This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed by order or orders of the Minister, either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act.