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(LRC Revised)
Statutory Text (1 Articles)
Number 44 of 2004
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2004
REVISED
Updated to 7 February 2025
Changes to legislation
as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of
Road Traffic Act 2004
. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under
Law Reform Commission Act 1975
(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation
of statute law.
All Acts up to and including
Family Courts Act 2024
(48/2024), enacted 13 November 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including
Health Insurance Act 1994 (Section 11E(2)) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
(S.I. No. 15 of 2025), made 22 January 2025, were considered in the preparation of
this Revised Act.
Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,
the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,
undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature
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any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email
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Number
44
of
2004
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2004
REVISED
Updated to 7 February 2025
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1.
Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction.
2.
Interpretation.
3.
Regulations.
PART 2
Speed Limits.
4.
Ordinary speed limits.
5.
Built-up area speed limit.
6.
Regional
roads speed limit and local roads speed limit.
7.
National roads speed limit.
7A.
National primary roads speed limit.
8.
Motorway speed limit.
9.
Special speed limits.
9A.
Special
speed limits on national managed roads.
10.
Speed limits at road works.
10A.
Speed
limits at road works on national managed roads.
10B.
Variable
speed limits.
10C.
Variable
speed limit schemes.
10D.
Speed
limit guidelines.
10E.
Ministerial policy directions in relation to certain speed
limits.
11.
Offence of exceeding speed limit.
12.
Transitional provisions — speed limits.
13.
Amendment of section 53 of Principal Act (dangerous driving).
(Repealed)
14.
Repeals (
Part 2
).
15.
Evidence in relation to certain offences under Act of 2002.
(Repealed)
PART 3
Fixed Charges, Penalty Points and Outsourcing.
16.
Amendments of section 2 of Act of 2002 (endorsement of penalty points).
17.
Amendment of section 7 of Act of 2002 (appeal against conviction for penalty points).
18.
Outsourcing of fixed charge functions from Garda Síochána.
(Repealed)
19.
Driver of vehicle where registered owner is not an individual.
(Repealed)
20.
Offence by body corporate, etc.
(Repealed)
21.
Inspection of driving licences of persons charged with certain offences.
22.
Amendment of First Schedule to Act of 2002.
23.
Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1975 (Traffic Wardens).
PART 4
Miscellaneous.
24.
Courts Service to inform Minister of court orders under section 36 and 29 of Principal
Act.
25.
Amendment of section 9 of Act of 2002 (disqualification pursuant to European Convention
on Driving Disqualifications).
26.
Permits.
27.
Exemptions for emergency vehicles.
(Repealed)
28.
Functions of Commissioner of Garda Síochána.
(Repealed)
29.
Amendment of section 84 of Principal Act (bye-laws in relation to taxi stands).
30.
Supply of mechanically propelled vehicles to minor.
31.
Power of road authority to provide and maintain certain equipment, etc., on public
roads.
32.
“registered” owner.
33.
Production of driving licence to member of Garda Síochána subsequent to commission of road traffic offence.
(Repealed)
PART 5
Insurance.
34.
Obligation to be insured.
35.
Amendment to Table to section 23 of Act of 2002.
PART 6
Amendment of Taxi Regulation Act 2003
36.
Amendment of section 36 of Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (mandatory disqualification).
(Repealed)
Acts Referred to
Finance Act l976
1976, No. 3
Finance Act l992
1992, No. 9
Finance (No. 2) Act l992
1992, No. 28
Finance Act l993
1993, No. 4
Finance Act 1994
1994, No. 27
Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act l975
1975, No. l4
Local Government Act 2001
2001, No. 37
Road Traffic Act 1961
1961, No. 24
Road Traffic Act 1968
1968, No. 25
Road Traffic Act 1994
1994, No. 7
Road Traffic Act 2002
2002, No. l2
Road Traffic Acts l961 to 2003
Roads Act l993
1993, No. l4
Taxi Regulation Act 2003
2003, No. 25
Number
44
of
2004
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2004
REVISED
Updated to 7 February 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACTS 1961 TO 2003, THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES
(TRAFFIC WARDENS) ACT 1975 AND THE TAXI REGULATION ACT 2003. [22
nd December
, 2004]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text)
C1
Prospective affecting provision: application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts
extended by
Road Traffic Act 2010
(25/2010), s. 82(1), not commenced as of date of revision.
Cost of prosecutions — road traffic offences.
82.—
(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to
2010 committed after the commencement of this section, the court shall, unless it
is satisfied that there are special and substantial reasons for not so doing, order
the person to pay to the court the costs and expenses, measured by the court, incurred
in relation to the investigation, detection and prosecution of the offence, including
costs and expenses incurred in the taking of samples and the carrying out of tests,
examinations and analyses.
...
C2
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
restricted (20.03.2014) by
Road Traffic Act 2010
(25/2010), s. 87(1), as substituted by
Road Traffic Act 2014
(3/2014), s. 23, S.I. No. 147 of 2014.
Exemptions for emergency
vehicles
[87.
—(1)
Requirements under the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010 relating to vehicles and
requirements, restrictions and prohibitions relating to the driving and use of
vehicles, other than those provided under sections 49, 50, 51A, 52 and 53 of the
Principal Act, sections 12, 13 and 15 of the Act of 1994 and sections 4, 5, 11, 12
and 14 of this Act, do not apply to—
(a) the driving or use by a member of the Garda Síochána, an ambulance service (provided by a pre-hospital emergency care service provider
recognised by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council established by the Pre-Hospital
Emergency Care Council (Establishment) Order 2000 (
S.I. No. 109 of 2000
)) or a fire brigade of a fire authority (within the meaning of the
Fire Services Act 1981
) of a vehicle in the performance of the duties of that member, or
(b) a person driving or using a vehicle under the direction of a member of the Garda
Síochána,
where such use does not
endanger the safety of road users.
]
C3
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
restricted (21.09.2011) by
European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011
(S.I. No. 477 of 2011), regs. 1(3), 42(22), sch. 2.
42.
— ...
(22) Notwithstanding any provision of any statute listed in the Second Schedule that
provides for the consent for a plan or project to which this Regulation applies to
be obtained by default on the failure of the public authority to provide a response
within a specified timescale or otherwise, that provision shall not have effect in
respect of any plan or project to which this Regulation applies.
...
SECOND SCHEDULE
Number
Year
Short Title/Citation
...
...
...
...
...
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
...
C4
Term “Commissioner” construed (1.06.2011) by
Road Traffic Act 2010
(25/2010), s. 83(1), S.I. No. 255 of 2011.
Functions of Commissioner of Garda Síochána.
83.
— (1) Any reference to the Commissioner in the
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
or the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 is to be read as a reference to the Commissioner or
another member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of Chief Superintendent authorised by the Commissioner to act
or carry out a function or requirement on his or her behalf.
...
C5
Meaning of term “provisional licence” extended (30.10.2007) by
Road Traffic Act 2006
(23/2006), s. 11(3), S.I. No. 718 of 2007.
Learner permit.
11.
— ...
(3) A reference to a provisional licence in the
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006
or an instrument made thereunder is to be read as a reference to a learner permit.
...
C6
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006
extended (21.07.2006) by
Road Traffic Act 2006
(23/2006), s. 2, S.I. No. 384 of 2006.
Regulations to give effect to acts of European Communities.
2.
— The power to make regulations under the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006 includes the
power to make provision in such regulations to give effect to—
(
a
) a provision of the treaties of the European Communities, or
(
b
) an act adopted by an institution of those Communities.
C7
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2002
modified by
Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975
(14/1975), s. 3(1), as substituted (3.04.2006) by
Road Traffic Act 2002
(12/2002), s. 12(1), S.I. No. 134 of 2006.
Provisions applying to certain offences relating to vehicles.
[3.
—(1) (
a
) This section applies to such of the offences specified in paragraph (
b
) as may be declared by the Minister by regulations made after consultation with the
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to be fixed charge offences and an offence
standing so declared is referred to in this section as a fixed charge offence.
(
b
) The offences referred to in paragraph (
a
) of this section are
(i) an offence under the
Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 2002
, relating to the prohibition or restriction of the stopping or parking of mechanically
propelled vehicles,
...
]
C8
Functions in relation to collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2002
transferred from Department of and Minister for Environment and Local Government
to Department of and Minister for Public Enterprise and terms construed (18.06.2002)
by
National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial
Functions) Order 2002
(S.I. No. 298 of 2002). Note: name of Department of and Minister for Public Enterprise
changed to Department of and Minister for Transport (19.06.2002) by
Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002
(S.I. No. 305 of 2002); name further changed to Department of and Minister for Transport,
Tourism and Sport (2.04.2011) by
Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011
(S.I. No. 141 of 2011).
3.(1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance
or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are transferred
to the Department of Public Enterprise.
(2) References to the Department of the Environment and Local Government contained
in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business
transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement
of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Enterprise.
4.(1) The functions vested in the Minister for the Environment and Local Government—
(
a
) by or under—
(i) the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2002,
...
are transferred to the Minister for Public Enterprise.
(2) References to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government contained
in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred
by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as
references to the Minister for Public Enterprise.
C9
Meaning of “road” and “public place” extended (11.09.1998) by
Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998
(24/1998), s. 59, S.I. No. 327 of 1998.
Road for purposes of Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1995.
59.
—For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that—
(
a
) the word “road”
includes, for the purposes of the provisions of the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to
1995, or any regulations made thereunder, a road in a State airport, and
(
b
) a State airport is, for the
purposes of any enactment, a public place.
C10
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 1987
modified (1.01.1994) by
Roads Act 1993
(14/1993), ss. 17(4), 23(1), S.I. No. 406 of 1993.
Functions generally of the Authority.
17.
— ...
(4) The Minister may make regulations providing that any function relating to national
roads conferred on him or on a road authority under any enactment (including this
Act), or on the Commissioner under the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1987, shall, where
the Minister is satisfied that the function could be more effectively performed by
the Authority, in lieu of being performed by him or by that authority or by the Commissioner,
be performed by the Authority with effect from a date specified in the regulations.
...
The Authority and traffic management.
23.
—(1) The Authority may at any time make recommendations in writing to the Commissioner
in relation to the performance of his functions under the Road Traffic Acts, 1961
to 1987 and the Commissioner shall have regard to such recommendations in the performance
of his functions.
...
C11
Meaning of “class of mechanically propelled vehicles” in collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 1984
extended (7.11.1989) by
European Communities (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1989
(S.I. No. 287 of 1989), reg. 2.
2. A reference in the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1984, to a class of mechanically
propelled vehicles shall be construed as a reference to a class or category of such
vehicles and cognate words and expressions shall be construed accordingly.
Editorial Notes
E1
Records of Medical Bureau of Road Safety performing certain functions under collectively
cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014
exempted from application of
Freedom of Information Act 2014
(14.10.2014) by
Freedom of Information Act 2014
(30/2014), s. 6 and sch. 1 part 1(u), commenced as per s. 1(2).
E2
Road Safety Authority granted power to consider any convictions under collectively
cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011
in determining a risk rating in relation to
Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012
(16/2012), s. 39(3)(a)-(d) (10.09.2013) by
Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012
(16/2012), s. 39(4)(e), S.I. No. 349 of 2013.
E3
Obligation to provide breath specimen by person in charge of a mechanically propelled
vehicle in a public place who, in the opinion of a member of the Garda Síochána, is committing or has committed an offence under collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011
provided by
Road Traffic Act 1994
(7/1994), s. 12, as substituted (1.06.2011) by
Road Traffic Act 2011
(7/2011) s. 2, S.I. No. 253 of 2011.
E4
Previous affecting
provision: collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
exempted from
application of
Freedom of Information Act 1997
by
Freedom of Information
Act 1997
(13/1997), s. 46(1)(bb) as inserted (9.08.2010) by
Road Traffic
Act 2010
(25/2010), s. 26(5), S.I. No. 394 of 2010; repealed (14.10.2014)
by
Freedom of Information Act 2014
(30/2014), s. 5 and sch. 4, commenced on
enactment.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text)
C1
Prospective affecting provision: application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts
extended by
Road Traffic Act 2010
(25/2010), s. 82(1), not commenced as of date of revision.
Cost of prosecutions — road traffic offences.
82.—
(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to
2010 committed after the commencement of this section, the court shall, unless it
is satisfied that there are special and substantial reasons for not so doing, order
the person to pay to the court the costs and expenses, measured by the court, incurred
in relation to the investigation, detection and prosecution of the offence, including
costs and expenses incurred in the taking of samples and the carrying out of tests,
examinations and analyses.
...
C2
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
restricted (20.03.2014) by
Road Traffic Act 2010
(25/2010), s. 87(1), as substituted by
Road Traffic Act 2014
(3/2014), s. 23, S.I. No. 147 of 2014.
Exemptions for emergency
vehicles
[87.
—(1)
Requirements under the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010 relating to vehicles and
requirements, restrictions and prohibitions relating to the driving and use of
vehicles, other than those provided under sections 49, 50, 51A, 52 and 53 of the
Principal Act, sections 12, 13 and 15 of the Act of 1994 and sections 4, 5, 11, 12
and 14 of this Act, do not apply to—
(a) the driving or use by a member of the Garda Síochána, an ambulance service (provided by a pre-hospital emergency care service provider
recognised by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council established by the Pre-Hospital
Emergency Care Council (Establishment) Order 2000 (
S.I. No. 109 of 2000
)) or a fire brigade of a fire authority (within the meaning of the
Fire Services Act 1981
) of a vehicle in the performance of the duties of that member, or
(b) a person driving or using a vehicle under the direction of a member of the Garda
Síochána,
where such use does not
endanger the safety of road users.
]
C3
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
restricted (21.09.2011) by
European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011
(S.I. No. 477 of 2011), regs. 1(3), 42(22), sch. 2.
42.
— ...
(22) Notwithstanding any provision of any statute listed in the Second Schedule that
provides for the consent for a plan or project to which this Regulation applies to
be obtained by default on the failure of the public authority to provide a response
within a specified timescale or otherwise, that provision shall not have effect in
respect of any plan or project to which this Regulation applies.
...
SECOND SCHEDULE
Number
Year
Short Title/Citation
...
...
...
...
...
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
...
C4
Term “Commissioner” construed (1.06.2011) by
Road Traffic Act 2010
(25/2010), s. 83(1), S.I. No. 255 of 2011.
Functions of Commissioner of Garda Síochána.
83.
— (1) Any reference to the Commissioner in the
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
or the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 is to be read as a reference to the Commissioner or
another member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of Chief Superintendent authorised by the Commissioner to act
or carry out a function or requirement on his or her behalf.
...
C5
Meaning of term “provisional licence” extended (30.10.2007) by
Road Traffic Act 2006
(23/2006), s. 11(3), S.I. No. 718 of 2007.
Learner permit.
11.
— ...
(3) A reference to a provisional licence in the
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006
or an instrument made thereunder is to be read as a reference to a learner permit.
...
C6
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006
extended (21.07.2006) by
Road Traffic Act 2006
(23/2006), s. 2, S.I. No. 384 of 2006.
Regulations to give effect to acts of European Communities.
2.
— The power to make regulations under the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006 includes the
power to make provision in such regulations to give effect to—
(
a
) a provision of the treaties of the European Communities, or
(
b
) an act adopted by an institution of those Communities.
C7
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2002
modified by
Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975
(14/1975), s. 3(1), as substituted (3.04.2006) by
Road Traffic Act 2002
(12/2002), s. 12(1), S.I. No. 134 of 2006.
Provisions applying to certain offences relating to vehicles.
[3.
—(1) (
a
) This section applies to such of the offences specified in paragraph (
b
) as may be declared by the Minister by regulations made after consultation with the
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to be fixed charge offences and an offence
standing so declared is referred to in this section as a fixed charge offence.
(
b
) The offences referred to in paragraph (
a
) of this section are
(i) an offence under the
Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 2002
, relating to the prohibition or restriction of the stopping or parking of mechanically
propelled vehicles,
...
]
C8
Functions in relation to collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2002
transferred from Department of and Minister for Environment and Local Government
to Department of and Minister for Public Enterprise and terms construed (18.06.2002)
by
National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial
Functions) Order 2002
(S.I. No. 298 of 2002). Note: name of Department of and Minister for Public Enterprise
changed to Department of and Minister for Transport (19.06.2002) by
Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002
(S.I. No. 305 of 2002); name further changed to Department of and Minister for Transport,
Tourism and Sport (2.04.2011) by
Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011
(S.I. No. 141 of 2011).
3.(1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance
or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are transferred
to the Department of Public Enterprise.
(2) References to the Department of the Environment and Local Government contained
in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business
transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement
of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Enterprise.
4.(1) The functions vested in the Minister for the Environment and Local Government—
(
a
) by or under—
(i) the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2002,
...
are transferred to the Minister for Public Enterprise.
(2) References to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government contained
in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred
by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as
references to the Minister for Public Enterprise.
C9
Meaning of “road” and “public place” extended (11.09.1998) by
Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998
(24/1998), s. 59, S.I. No. 327 of 1998.
Road for purposes of Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1995.
59.
—For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that—
(
a
) the word “road”
includes, for the purposes of the provisions of the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to
1995, or any regulations made thereunder, a road in a State airport, and
(
b
) a State airport is, for the
purposes of any enactment, a public place.
C10
Application of collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 1987
modified (1.01.1994) by
Roads Act 1993
(14/1993), ss. 17(4), 23(1), S.I. No. 406 of 1993.
Functions generally of the Authority.
17.
— ...
(4) The Minister may make regulations providing that any function relating to national
roads conferred on him or on a road authority under any enactment (including this
Act), or on the Commissioner under the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1987, shall, where
the Minister is satisfied that the function could be more effectively performed by
the Authority, in lieu of being performed by him or by that authority or by the Commissioner,
be performed by the Authority with effect from a date specified in the regulations.
...
The Authority and traffic management.
23.
—(1) The Authority may at any time make recommendations in writing to the Commissioner
in relation to the performance of his functions under the Road Traffic Acts, 1961
to 1987 and the Commissioner shall have regard to such recommendations in the performance
of his functions.
...
C11
Meaning of “class of mechanically propelled vehicles” in collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 1984
extended (7.11.1989) by
European Communities (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1989
(S.I. No. 287 of 1989), reg. 2.
2. A reference in the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1984, to a class of mechanically
propelled vehicles shall be construed as a reference to a class or category of such
vehicles and cognate words and expressions shall be construed accordingly.
Editorial Notes
E1
Records of Medical Bureau of Road Safety performing certain functions under collectively
cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014
exempted from application of
Freedom of Information Act 2014
(14.10.2014) by
Freedom of Information Act 2014
(30/2014), s. 6 and sch. 1 part 1(u), commenced as per s. 1(2).
E2
Road Safety Authority granted power to consider any convictions under collectively
cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011
in determining a risk rating in relation to
Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012
(16/2012), s. 39(3)(a)-(d) (10.09.2013) by
Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012
(16/2012), s. 39(4)(e), S.I. No. 349 of 2013.
E3
Obligation to provide breath specimen by person in charge of a mechanically propelled
vehicle in a public place who, in the opinion of a member of the Garda Síochána, is committing or has committed an offence under collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011
provided by
Road Traffic Act 1994
(7/1994), s. 12, as substituted (1.06.2011) by
Road Traffic Act 2011
(7/2011) s. 2, S.I. No. 253 of 2011.
E4
Previous affecting
provision: collectively cited
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
exempted from
application of
Freedom of Information Act 1997
by
Freedom of Information
Act 1997
(13/1997), s. 46(1)(bb) as inserted (9.08.2010) by
Road Traffic
Act 2010
(25/2010), s. 26(5), S.I. No. 394 of 2010; repealed (14.10.2014)
by
Freedom of Information Act 2014
(30/2014), s. 5 and sch. 4, commenced on
enactment.
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1.
Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction.
2.
Interpretation.
3.
Regulations.
PART 2
Speed Limits.
4.
Ordinary speed limits.
5.
Built-up area speed limit.
6.
Regional
roads speed limit and local roads speed limit.
7.
National roads speed limit.
7A.
National primary roads speed limit.
8.
Motorway speed limit.
9.
Special speed limits.
9A.
Special
speed limits on national managed roads.
10.
Speed limits at road works.
10A.
Speed
limits at road works on national managed roads.
10B.
Variable
speed limits.
10C.
Variable
speed limit schemes.
10D.
Speed
limit guidelines.
10E.
Ministerial policy directions in relation to certain speed
limits.
11.
Offence of exceeding speed limit.
12.
Transitional provisions — speed limits.
13.
Amendment of section 53 of Principal Act (dangerous driving).
(Repealed)
14.
Repeals (
Part 2
).
15.
Evidence in relation to certain offences under Act of 2002.
(Repealed)
PART 3
Fixed Charges, Penalty Points and Outsourcing.
16.
Amendments of section 2 of Act of 2002 (endorsement of penalty points).
17.
Amendment of section 7 of Act of 2002 (appeal against conviction for penalty points).
18.
Outsourcing of fixed charge functions from Garda Síochána.
(Repealed)
19.
Driver of vehicle where registered owner is not an individual.
(Repealed)
20.
Offence by body corporate, etc.
(Repealed)
21.
Inspection of driving licences of persons charged with certain offences.
22.
Amendment of First Schedule to Act of 2002.
23.
Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1975 (Traffic Wardens).
PART 4
Miscellaneous.
24.
Courts Service to inform Minister of court orders under section 36 and 29 of Principal
Act.
25.
Amendment of section 9 of Act of 2002 (disqualification pursuant to European Convention
on Driving Disqualifications).
26.
Permits.
27.
Exemptions for emergency vehicles.
(Repealed)
28.
Functions of Commissioner of Garda Síochána.
(Repealed)
29.
Amendment of section 84 of Principal Act (bye-laws in relation to taxi stands).
30.
Supply of mechanically propelled vehicles to minor.
31.
Power of road authority to provide and maintain certain equipment, etc., on public
roads.
32.
“registered” owner.
33.
Production of driving licence to member of Garda Síochána subsequent to commission of road traffic offence.
(Repealed)
PART 5
Insurance.
34.
Obligation to be insured.
35.
Amendment to Table to section 23 of Act of 2002.
PART 6
Amendment of Taxi Regulation Act 2003
36.
Amendment of section 36 of Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (mandatory disqualification).
(Repealed)
Number
44
of
2004