S.I. No. 508/2020 - Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2020

1. Eircode.

2. Email address.

3. An indication by the applicant as to whether he or she consents or does not consent to being an organ donor.

4. Mobile telephone number.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 November, 2020.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation

.)

These Regulations amend the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 537 of 2006) in order to expand the online application system to accommodate all learner permit and driving licences applications.

1 OJ No. L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 18.

2 OJ No. L 314, 29.11.2011, p. 31.

3 OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 356.

4 OJ No. L 107, 25.4.2015, p. 68.

5 OJ No. L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 18.

6 OJ No. L 314, 29.11.2011, p. 31.

7 OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 356.

8 OJ No. L 107, 25.4.2015, p. 68.

5. Previous name (if changed since last driving licence or learner permit issued) and the reason for the change.

6. The personal public service number issued to the applicant under section 262(2) of the

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

.

7. Gender.

8. Address.

9. Date of Birth.

10. Place of Birth.

11. An indication as to whether the applicant is applying for -

(

a

) his or her first learner permit,

(

b

) renewal of his or her current learner permit,

(

c

) the addition or removal of a category of vehicle from his or her learner permit,

(

d

) the change of any personal details recorded on his or her learner permit including his or her name, gender, address, medical details, or

(

e

) the replacement of a lost, destroyed or mutilated learner permit.

12. If the application relates to the requirement to sit a driving test following a period of disqualification -

(

a

) the period of disqualification, and

(

b

) details of any condition relating to the disqualification.

13. The category or categories of vehicle in respect of which the application is made.

14. Where the applicant holds a driving licence issued by a state other than the State, the name of the state which issued that licence and the driver number marked on that licence.

15. If the applicant is applying for a duplicate learner permit, a declaration, certified and stamped by a member of the Garda Síochána, that the applicant’s learner permit has been lost, destroyed or mutilated.

16. A declaration that the applicant satisfies the aspects and standards of physical and mental fitness specified in Schedule 6.

17. A declaration that the applicant satisfies the eyesight standards specified in Schedule 7.

18. The date on which the applicant’s residence in the State began.

19. A declaration by the applicant -

(

a

) that he or she understands that, in accordance with section 22A of the Act -

(i) where a person is disqualified by the Act for holding any driving licence or learner permit whatsoever during a period, he or she shall be disqualified for applying for any Irish driving licence or learner permit whatsoever for that period or any period the whole or part of which is within that period, and he or she shall not so apply,

(ii) where a person is disqualified by the Act for holding any driving licence or learner permit in respect of vehicles of a category during a period, he or she shall be disqualified for applying for an Irish driving licence or learner permit in respect of vehicles of that category for that period or any period the whole or part of which is within that period, and he or she shall not so apply, and

(iii) where he or she is disqualified within the meaning of section 22A of the Act, and applies for an Irish driving licence or learner permit, and obtains such a driving licence or learner permit, that licence or permit is void and of no effect,

(

b

) that he or she understands that it is an offence under section 115 of the Act for the applicant to furnish or give any particulars required to be given or furnished by or under the Act which to his or her knowledge are false or in any material respect misleading,

(

c

) that he or she has his or her normal residence in the State, and

(

d

) that he or she is not currently disqualified from driving in the State, a Member State or a state in respect of which an order has been made under section 23A of the Act.

Part 2B

Particulars and declarations which may be provided on application for learner permit

20. A declaration by the applicant -

(

a

) that he or she understands that, in accordance with section 22A of the Act -

(i) where a person is disqualified by the Act for holding any driving licence or learner permit whatsoever during a period, he or she shall be disqualified for applying for any Irish driving licence or learner permit whatsoever for that period or any period the whole or part of which is within that period, and he or she shall not so apply,

(ii) where a person is disqualified by the Act for holding any driving licence or learner permit in respect of vehicles of a category during a period, he or she shall be disqualified for applying for an Irish driving licence or learner permit in respect of vehicles of that category for that period or any period the whole or part of which is within that period, and he or she shall not so apply, and

(iii) where he or she is disqualified within the meaning of section 22A of the Act, and applies for an Irish driving licence or learner permit, and obtains such a driving licence or learner permit, that licence or permit is void and of no effect,

(

b

) that he or she understands that it is an offence under section 115 of the Act for an applicant to furnish or give any particulars required to be given or furnished by or under the Act which to his or her knowledge are false or in any material respect misleading,

(

c

) that he or she has his or her normal residence in the State, and

(

d

) that he or she is not currently disqualified from driving in the State, a Member State or a state in respect of which an order has been made under section 23A of the Act.

Part 1B

Particulars and declarations which may be provided on application for driving licence

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

10

th November,

2020.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 5

(1),

23

(2),

42

(2)(b),

42

(2)(c) and

42

(2)(f) of the

Road Traffic Act 1961

(No. 24 of 1961) and

section 2

of the

Road Traffic Act 2006

(No. 23 of 2006) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 298 of 2002

) (as adapted by the Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 351 of 2020

)), and for the purposes of giving further effect to Annex I of Directive No. 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006,

1

as amended by Commission Directive No. 2011/94/EU of 28 November 2011,

2

Council Directive No. 2013/22/EU of 13 May 2013,

3

and Commission Directive No. (EU) 2015/653 of 24 April 2015,

4

in so far as it relates to Regulation 4, hereby make the following regulations