Updated to 14 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 481 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006
No. 28 of 2006
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 4 October 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence under is authorisation under regs. | European Union (Occupation of Road Transport Operator) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 697 of 2011), reg. 4 | ||
| S. 1 repealed | Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010), ss. 1(2), 33(g) | 28 October 2011 | Road Traffic Act 2010 (Section 33) (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 544 of 2011), art. 7 |
| S. 2 application for licence subject to requirement of disclosure of convictions | Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (4/2016), ss. 1(3), 11 | 29 April 2016 | Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 (Commencement) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 215 of 2016), art. 2 |
| S. 2(2) amended | Road Transport Act 2011 (No. 31 of 2011), s. 19(a) | 2 December 2011 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 2(2A) inserted | Road Transport Act 2011 (No. 31 of 2011), s. 19(b) | 2 December 2011 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 2(2B) inserted | Road Transport Act 2011 (No. 31 of 2011), s. 19(b) | 2 December 2011 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 2(6A) inserted | Road Transport Act 2011 (No. 31 of 2011), s. 19(c) | 2 December 2011 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 2(6B) inserted | Road Transport Act 2011 (No. 31 of 2011), s. 19(c) | 2 December 2011 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 2(6C) inserted | Road Transport Act 2011 (No. 31 of 2011), s. 19(c) | 2 December 2011 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 2(6) | Road Transport (Operator’s Licence Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 210 of 2023) |
| Road Transport (Operator’s Licence Application) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 398 of 2018) | |
| S. 2(6A) | Road Transport (Operator’s Licence Application) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 398 of 2018) |