(1) The provisions of this section apply to such districts as are from time to time specified by notice under subsection (2).

(2) The Minister may from time to time by notice published in the Gazette¾

(a) specify the districts to which the provisions of this section apply; and

(b) vary or revoke any such notice.

(3) In any district to which the provisions of this section apply ¾

(a) the appointment of any person as a traffic inspector or assistant inspector under section 22 of the Traffic Act 1919 which appointment was in force immediately prior to the repeal of that section shall, subject to paragraph (b), continue in force and effect; and

(b) the local government for the district may appoint and dismiss traffic inspectors and assistant inspectors as if section 22 of the Traffic Act 1919 had not been repealed,

and any such traffic inspector or assistant inspector may, throughout the district of the local government by which he was appointed, exercise any power conferred by this Act or section 27 of the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1973 on a member of the Police Force, and any reference in this Act or in section 27 of the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1973 to a member of the Police Force shall be construed as including a reference to such a traffic inspector or assistant inspector.

[Section 110 amended by No. 105 of 1981 s. 17; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]