Objects on Roads
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2004
Section 26
Permits.
26.—(1) Section 35(2) of the Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after paragraph (s) the following:
“(t) the issue of permits at a prescribed charge by a local authority, or any other body authorised by the Minister to issue such permits, for the purpose of—
(i) exempting permit holders from restrictions or prohibitions on parking applied under this section,
(ii) allowing for the parking of vehicles by permit holders at specified locations, or
(iii) exempting permit holders from the application of prohibitions and restrictions to specified traffic from entering or using specified roads, and
separate charges may be prescribed in respect of different permits.”.
(2) The following subsection is inserted after subsection (6) of section 35 of the Act of 1994:
“(7) A permit issued under regulations made under subsection (2)(t) may be inspected, at all reasonable times, by a member of the Garda Síochána or (other than in respect of a permit issued under regulations made under subsection (2)(t)(iii)) a traffic warden.
(8) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to permit the inspection of a permit referred to in subsection (7) is guilty of an offence.”.
Section 27
Exemptions for emergency vehicles.
27.—F19[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F19
Repealed (28.10.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010), s. 87(2), S.I. No. 543 of 2011.
Section 28
Functions of Commissioner of Garda Síochána.
28.—F20[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F20
Repealed (1.06.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010), s. 83(2), S.I. No. 255 of 2011.
Section 29
Amendment of section 84 of Principal Act (bye-laws in relation to taxi stands).
29.—Section 84 (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 2002) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting in subsection (11) for the definition of “local authority” the following:
“‘local authority’ means a county council, a city council or a town council (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001) other than the council of a town mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 6 to that Act;”.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C17
References to “county council”, “city council” and “town council” construed (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), ss. 9(2) and 25(2), S.I. No. 214 of 2014.
Cesser and amalgamation of certain local government areas
9.— …
(2) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, a reference, however expressed, in any enactment—
(a) to a county council or a city council (including a reference construed by section 3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Principal Act as a reference to a county council or to a city council, as the case may be) shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to a county council, a city council or a city and county council, and
(b) to a county council and a city council (including a reference so construed) shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to a county council, a city council and a city and county council.
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Dissolution of town councils — consequential provisions
25.— …
(2) A function of a town council (including a reference construed by section 3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Principal Act as a reference to a town council and whether of general application to town councils or otherwise under an enactment) that—
(a) has not been repealed or otherwise provided for by this Act, or
(b) is neither spent nor obsolete,
shall, if the context permits in respect of one or more than one town council concerned, be read as a reference to a function of the local authority in whose administrative area the town council so dissolved is situated.
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Section 30
Supply of mechanically propelled vehicles to minor.
30.—(1) A person shall not supply a mechanically propelled vehicle—
(a) to a person who is under the age of 16 years, or
(b) other than a mechanically propelled vehicle in respect of which a person who has attained the age of 16 years is entitled to hold a driving licence to drive, to a person who is under the age of 17 years.
F21[(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.]
(3) In this section “supply”, includes supply by way of sale, hire, loan, gift, or other means of making the vehicle available to a person.
Annotations
Amendments:
F21
Substituted (1.06.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010), s. 88, S.I. No. 255 of 2011. A fine of €5,000 translates into a class A fine, not greater than €5,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 4(3) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
Section 31
Power of road authority to provide and maintain certain equipment, etc., on public roads.
31.—(1) A road authority may, with the consent of the Commissioner or at his or her request, provide and maintain on public roads in their charge any equipment or structure which the authority consider desirable for the detection of offences under the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2004.
(2) Section 42 of the Act of 1994 is repealed.
Section 32
“registered owner”.
32.—Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting for the definition of “registered owner” the following:
“‘registered owner’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 385 of 1992) (as amended by the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 213 of 2004)), but, if those regulations should be revoked, it shall have the meaning assigned to it by such regulations corresponding to those regulations as may for the time being be in force;”.
Section 33
Production of driving licence to member of Garda Síochána subsequent to commission of road traffic offence.
33.—F22[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F22
Repealed (28.10.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010), s. 61(9), S.I. No. 543 of 2011.