Vehicle Registration
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Repealed (28.10.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010), s. 87(2), S.I. No. 543 of 2011.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Repealed (1.06.2011) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010), s. 83(2), S.I. No. 255 of 2011.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.
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2010
Section 75
Production of test certificate when licensing mechanically propelled vehicle under section 1 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952.
75.— (1) The Minister may make regulations requiring persons applying for a licence under section 1 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 in respect of a mechanically propelled vehicle—
(a) to make such declaration and produce such evidence as is necessary to show whether the vehicle is or is not a vehicle to which section 18 of the Principal Act applies, and
(b) where it is such a vehicle, to produce a test certificate or provide evidence of such which will be in force in respect of the vehicle when the licence comes into operation.
(2) Paragraph (b) of section 123 of the Principal Act is repealed.
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2016
PART 2
Register of Written-Off Vehicles
Section 3
Definition – Part 2
3. In this Part “vehicle insurer” has the meaning assigned to it in section 58 of the Road Traffic Act 1961.
Section 4
Vehicle insurer obligations
4. (1) A vehicle insurer, who as a result of an inspection of a mechanically propelled vehicle determines that such vehicle is defective to the extent that it is—
(a) when in motion, a danger to the public, and
(b) beyond repair,
shall notify the Minister in accordance with subsection (2) within 5 working days of such inspection.
(2) When an insurer notifies the Minister under subsection (1) it shall also notify the Minister whether, based on the inspection of the vehicle, it is suitable for the salvaging of viable automotive parts.
(3) A notification under this section shall be dated and shall include the following:
(a) the registration number (if any) of the vehicle;
(b) the make, model and body type of the vehicle;
(c) the VIN, or vehicle identification number, of the vehicle, that is to say, the fixed combination of characters assigned to the vehicle by a manufacturer or its authorised distributor for vehicle identification purposes which is marked on the chassis, frame or other similar structure of the vehicle;
(d) the date on which the vehicle was inspected by, or on behalf of, the vehicle insurer;
(e) if the defect in the vehicle was the result of an event involving the vehicle which occurred in a public place, the date of that event and, if any insurance claim arose in relation to the vehicle’s involvement, the insurance company’s claim number in respect of that claim.
(4) The Minister may make regulations prescribing the manner in which a notification under subsection (2) shall be made including, in particular, whether it is to be made electronically or in hard-copy.
Section 5
Offence of failure to notify
5. (1) A vehicle insurer who fails to notify the Minister in accordance with section 4 or who notifies information to the Minister knowing it to be false or misleading commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class A fine.
(2) Where an offence under this section is committed by a body corporate and is proven to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been attributable to the wilful neglect on the part of, any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, commits an offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.
(3) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (2) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his or her functions of management as if he or she were a director or manager of the body corporate.
Section 6
Publication of information provided by vehicle insurers
6. (1) The Minister may maintain records of information notified to him or her under section 4 and may, after consultation with any other person or body that the Minister considers appropriate, for the purposes of increasing road safety, publish or share a part or all of such records.
(2) The Minister may make regulations prescribing the manner in which records shall be published or shared under this section and, in particular, prescribing fees to cover the administrative cost of such publication or sharing.