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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 222
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 222 -
PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF AN INTER-AGENCY ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE
(IRSC) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the promotion of travel safety,
particularly the prevention of the significant incidence of road
accidents in the country, is a primary concerned of the government;
WHEREAS, there is need to coordinate the review and enforcement of
current measures on road safety, and formulate policies, programs and
plans to further improve safety on the road;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. There is hereby created an Inter-Agency
Road Safety Committee hereinafter referred to as the Committee,
composed of the following:
The
Secretary of Public
Works and
Highways — Chairman
The Secretary of Transportation
and
Communications — Co-Chairman
The Secretary of Education,
Culture and
Sports — Member
The Secretary of National
Defense
— Member
The Secretary of
Health — Member
The Secretary of Interior
and Local
Government — Member
The Representative of the
Safety Organization
of the Philippines,
Incorporated
— Member
Sec. 2. Powers and Functions. — The Committee
shall have the following powers and functions:
a.
Coordinate activities of individual agencies concerned with the
formulation of policies, rules and regulations and enforcement of road
safety;
b. Formulate
immediate, medium-term and long-term plans involving infrastructure and
other physical improvements, vehicle safety improvement program, and
traffic accidents data base management;
c. Study and
recommend an appropriate institutional body to coordinate and implement
the abovecited plans and programs;
d. Recommend
legislative measures to amend, supplement and/or enact laws on road
safety travel; and,
e. Request
assistance of any government agency, department, bureau or office,
including government-owned and/or controlled corporation as may be
necessary in the accomplishment of its operational
activities.
Sec. 3. A Working Group composed of
representatives from the Department of Public Works and Highways,
(DPWH); Traffic Engineering Center (TEC); the Department of
Transportation and Communications (DOTC); Land Transportation Office
(LTO); the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board
(LTFRB); and the Transport Planning Service (TPS); the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports (DECS); the Department of Health (DOH);
the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG); the Philippine
National Police (PNP) and the Highway Patrol Group (HPG); the
Department of National Defense; the National Economic and Development
Authority; Infrastructure Staff; and the Philippine Information Agency
(PIA), as may be designated by the Head of the said offices/agencies.
The group shall provide technical support and act as the Secretariat of
the Committee.
Sec. 4. The amount as may be necessary for the
operational requirement of the Committee and the Working Group shall be
charged against any lump-sum appropriation in the General
Appropriations Act as may be determined by the Department of Budget and
Management, subject to the usual accounting and auditing law, rules and
regulations.
Sec. 5. This Administrative Order shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-one.
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