Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						1 June 1974 | 
					Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (Commencement) Order 1974 (S.I. No. 147 of 1974), art. 2 | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Rep. saver for regs. etc. | 
					14/1993, ss. 3, 4, 5, sch. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 4(2) form prescribed | 
					S.I. No. 395 of 1977, reg. 3(a), schedule | 
					
			
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						S. 4(3) substituted | 
					S.I. No. 221 of 1988, reg. 3 | 
					
			
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						S. 4(3A) inserted | 
					S.I. No. 221 of 1988, reg. 4 | 
					
			
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						S. 4(4) substituted | 
					S.I. No. 221 of 1988, reg. 5 | 
					
			
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						S. 4(5) substitued | 
					S.I. No. 221 of 1988, reg. 9 | 
					
			
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						S. 5(1)(a) substituted | 
					S.I. No. 221 of 1988, reg. 6 | 
					
			
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						S. 5(1)(a) form prescribed | 
					S.I. No. 395 of 1977, reg. 3(b), schedule | 
					
			
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						S. 5(1)(b) form prescribed | 
					S.I. No. 395 of 1977, reg. 3(c), schedule | 
					
			
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						S. 5(1A) form prescribed | 
					S.I. No. 222 of 1988, reg. 4, schedule 2 | 
					
			
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						S. 5(1A) inserted | 
					S.I. No. 221 of 1988, reg. 7 | 
					
			
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						S. 6(1) substituted | 
					S.I. No. 221 of 1988, reg. 8 | 
					
			
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						S. 8(3) form prescribed | 
					S.I. No. 395 of 1977, reg. 3(d), schedule | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
					| 
						S. 2 | 
					Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act 1974 (Declaration of National Roads) Order 1986 (S.I. No. 108 of 1986) | 
				
			
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					Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act 1974 (Declaration of National Roads) Order 1980 (S.I. No. 277 of 1980) | 
				
			
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					Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (Declaration of National Roads) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 164 of 1977) | 
				
			
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						S. 4 | 
					Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1977 (S.I. No. 395 of 1977) | 
				
			
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						S. 9 | 
					Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (Prescribed Traffic) General Regulations 1977 (S.I. No. 396 of 1977) | 
				
			
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						S. 14 | 
					Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 222 of 1988) | 
				
			
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					Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (Prescribed Traffic) General Regulations 1977 (S.I. No. 396 of 1977) | 
				
			
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					Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1977 (S.I. No. 395 of 1977) |