Updated to 23 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Road Transport Act 1999
No. 15 of 1999
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-3 | 30 August 1999 | Road Transport Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 264 of 1999) art. 2 |
| Ss. 4-8 | 30 September 2005 | Road Transport Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 611 of 2005), art. 2 |
| Ss. 9, 10 | 30 August 1999 | Road Transport Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 264 of 1999) art. 2 |
| S. 11 | 30 September 2005 | Road Transport Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 611 of 2005), art. 2 |
| Ss. 12-15 | 30 August 1999 | Road Transport Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 264 of 1999) art. 2 |
| S. 16 | Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 24(1) | |
| Ss. 17-22 | 30 August 1999 | Road Transport Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 264 of 1999) art. 2 |
| S. 23, repealing ss. 3, 10-14, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31(3), 32-34, 37 and Pts. V and VI of Road Transport Act 1933, ss. 114, 118-121 and 124 of Transport Act 1944, s. 26 of Transport Act 1958, ss. 4, 7, 8 of Road Transport Act 1971, ss. 7, 8 of Road Transport Act 1978 and s. 3 of Road Transport Act 1986 | 31 October 2005 | Road Transport Act 1999 (Repeals) (Commencement Order 2005 (S.I. No. 683 of 2005), art 2, schedule |
| S. 23, repealing Road Transport Act 1933, ss. 9, 24, Transport Act 1944, s. 112, Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1955, s. 2, Transport Act 1958, s. 27 and Road Transport Act 1986, ss. 6, 7, 10-12. Note that Road Transport Act 1986, ss. 6 and 10 were repealed by 15/1999, ss. 5(6), 12(5), superseding the 1986 Act. | Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 24(1), (2) | |
| Ss. 24, 25 | 30 August 1999 | Road Transport Act, 1999 (Commencement) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 264 of 1999) art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of references to an international road freight carrier's licence, a national road freight carrier's licence and a road freight carrier's licence | 28/2006, s. 2(8) | 4 October 2006 | 28/2006 |
| Payment deposit where offences under | 25/2010, ss. 1(2), 50(1)(b) (partially construed as one w/ Road Transport Act 1933) | 9 August 2010 | 25/2010, ss. 1(2) |
| Procedure for fixed charge offences under | 25/2010, ss. 1(2), pt. 3 (ss. 34-49), 34(b)(i) (partially construed as one w/ Road Transport Act 1933) | 29 October 2011 | 25/2010, ss. 1(2), pt. 3 (ss. 34-49), 34(b)(i) |
| S. 1(1) am. | 31/2011, ss. 20 | 2 December 2011 | 31/2011 |
| 28/2006, s. 2(4) | 4 October 2006 | 28/2006 | |
| S. 13(1)(b) substit. | 28/2006, s. 2(7) | 4 October 2006 | 28/2006 |
| S. 16 repealed | 23/2006, ss. 22(b), 23(2) | 21 July 2006 | 23/2006, ss. 22(b), 23(2) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |