(1) Notwithstanding section 5(1) of the European Communities Act 2007, the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 5 of 2003) (referred to in this section as the "Principal Regulations") shall not have statutory effect pursuant to that section and shall be deemed to have been validly made under sections 5, 11, 12 and 13 of the Act of 1961, sections 8, 10 and 11 of the Road Traffic Act 1968 and section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 on the date those Regulations were purported to be made.

(2) Notwithstanding section 5(1) of the European Communities Act 2007, the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 99 of 2004) shall not have statutory effect pursuant to that section and shall be deemed to have been validly made under sections 5 and 11 of the Act of 1961 and section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 on the date those Regulations were purported to be made.

(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), all regulations amending the Principal Regulations made before the coming into operation of this section shall be deemed to have been validly made on the date those Regulations were purported to be made.