Road Traffic Act, 1933

Keeping of records and giving of information by vehicle insurers, vehicle guarantors and exempted persons.

77.—(1) The Minister may by order make regulations for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say:—

(a) requiring vehicle insurers to keep records of all approved policies of insurance, approved combined policies and guarantees, and approved guarantees issued by them;

(b) requiring vehicle guarantors to keep records of all approved guarantees issued by them;

(c) requiring exempted persons to keep records of all certificates of exemption issued by them;

(d) prescribing the matters to be recorded in such records;

(e) enabling such records to be inspected by members of the Gárda Síochána and officers of the Minister;

(f) requiring vehicle insurers to furnish to members of the Gárda Síochána and officers of the Minister information in relation to approved policies of insurance, approved combined policies and guarantees, and approved guarantees issued by such vehicle insurers;

(g) requiring vehicle guarantors to furnish to members of the Gárda Síochána and officers of the Minister information in relation to approved guarantees issued by such vehicle guarantors.

(2) Every person who does any act (whether of commission or omission) which is a contravention of a regulation made under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding one pound for every day during which such offence continues.