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Number 21 of 2016
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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2016
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CONTENTS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction
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2. Definitions
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PART 2
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Register of Written-Off Vehicles
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3. Definition - Part 2
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4. Vehicle insurer obligations
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5. Offence of failure to notify
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6. Publication of information provided by vehicle insurers
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PART 3
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Intoxicated Driving Offences - Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
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7. Amendment of section 3(1) of Act of 2010 - definitions
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8. Amendment of sections 4 and 5 of Act of 2010 - offences involving certain drugs
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9. Amendment of section 7(a) of Act of 2010 - power of entry
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10. Amendment of section 9 of Act of 2010 - obligation to provide preliminary oral fluid specimen
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11. Mandatory intoxicant testing
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12. Impairment testing
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13. Amendment of Act of 2010 - obligation to provide specimens in relation to certain offences involving drugs
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14. Amendment of section 17(1) of Act of 2010 - analysis of specimen by Bureau
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15. Amendment of section 18 of Act of 2010 - provisions regarding certain evidence in prosecutions - presumption
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16. Amendment of section 19(1) of Act of 2010 - written statement by member of Garda Síochána
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17. Amendment of section 20 of Act of 2010 - presumptions relating to designated doctor or nurse
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18. Amendment of section 21(1) of Act of 2010 - costs of prosecutions
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19. Amendment of section 22 of Act of 2010 - defence to refusal to permit taking of specimen of blood
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20. Amendment of section 26 of Act of 2010 - functions of Bureau
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21. Amendment of section 26 of Principal Act - consequential disqualification
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PART 4
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Speed Limits
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22. Amendment of section 9 of Road Traffic Act 2004 - special speed limits
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PART 5
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Amendment of Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 2010
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23. Fixed charge offences
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24. Amendment of section 35 of Act of 2010 - fixed charge notice - service
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25. Amendment of section 36 of Act of 2010 - fixed charge notice - form
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26. Amendment of section 37 of Act of 2010 - payment of fixed charge
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27. Payment of fixed charge notice on service of summons
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28. Interpretation
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29. Fixed charge offences - transitional provisions
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PART 6
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Miscellaneous Amendments - Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2015
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30. Amendment of section 78A of Principal Act - details of motor insurance policies to be provided
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31. Regulation of Rickshaws
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32. Amendment of section 107 of Principal Act - obligation on cyclists to give name and address etc. on demand to member of Garda Síochána
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33. Amendment of section 22 of Road Traffic Act 2002
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34. Amendment of First Schedule to Road Traffic Act 2002 - penalty points
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35. Amendment of Part 4 of First Schedule to Road Traffic Act 2002 - penalty points
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36. Amendment of Part 3 of Act of 2010 - fixed charge offences
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37. Amendment of section 4 of Vehicle Clamping Act 2015
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38. Amendment of section 50 of Act of 2010 - payment deposit
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39. Learner Driver driving unaccompanied (Owner)
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PART 7
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Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Driving Disqualifications Between Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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40. Disqualification pursuant to Agreement between State and United Kingdom
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41. Repeal of section 9 of, and Schedule 2 to, Road Traffic Act 2002
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SCHEDULE
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Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Driving Disqualifications Between Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Acts Referred to
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Civil Service Commissioners Act 1956
(No. 45)
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Courts (No. 3) Act 1986
(No. 33)
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European Communities Act 1972
(No. 27)
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Finance Act 1976
(No. 16)
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Finance Act 1992
(No. 9)
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Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851
(14 & 15 Vict., c. 93)
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Probation of Offenders Act 1907
(7 Edw. 7 c. 17)
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Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004
(No. 33)
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Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012
(No. 16)
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Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011
(No. 28)
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Road Traffic Act 1961
(No. 24)
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Road Traffic Act 2002
(No. 12)
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Road Traffic Act 2004
(No. 44)
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Road Traffic Act 2010
(No. 25)
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Road Traffic Act 2014
(No. 3)
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Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2015
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Road Transport Act 1933
(No. 8)
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Roads Act 2007
(No. 34)
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Roads Acts 1993 to 2015
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Taxi Regulation Act 2013
(No. 37)
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Vehicle Clamping Act 2015
(No. 13)
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Number 21 of 2016
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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2016
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An Act to amend and extend the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2015, to amend the
Vehicle Clamping Act 2015
, to give effect to the Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Driving Disqualifications between the State and the United Kingdom done at Dublin on 30 October 2015 and to provide for related matters.
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[27th December, 2016]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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