(LRC Revised)

Number 34 of 2007

Roads Act 2007

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2019

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 the

Roads Act 2007

. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under

the

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

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018

(42/2018), enacted 27 December 2018, and all statutory instruments up to and including

Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order

2019

(S.I. No. 1 of 2019), made 3 January 2019, 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

of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from

any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email

to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

34

of

2007

Roads Act 2007

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2019

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Tolls — definitions.

3.

Toll schemes.

4.

Default toll, etc.

5.

Access to records.

6.

Responsibility of road authorities for the maintenance and construction of public

roads — up-dated references.

7.

Amendment of functions of NRA relating to national roads.

8.

Declaration of motorways.

9.

Schemes.

10.

Service areas.

11.

Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act.

12.

Amendments to Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006.

13.

Amendments to Taxi Regulation Act 2003.

14.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

SCHEDULE

Amendment of Roads Act 1993

Acts Referred to

Consumer Credit Act 1995

1995, No. 24

Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act 1987

1987, No. 34

Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952

1952, No. 24

Finance (No. 2) Act 1992

1992, No. 28

Finance Act 1992

1992, No. 9

Finance Act 1993

1993, No. 13

Finance Act 1994

1994, No. 13

Finance Act 2003

2003, No. 3

Landlord and Tenant Acts 1967 to 2005

Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975

1975, No. 14

Local Government Act 2001

2001, No. 37

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2003

2003, No. 5

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006

2006, No. 27

Planning and Development Act 2000

2000, No. 30

Roads Act 1920

1920, c. 72

Roads Act 1993

1993, No. 14

Roads Acts 1993 to 2001

Road Traffic Act 1961

1961, No. 24

Road Traffic Act 1994

1994, No. 7

Road Traffic Act 2002

2002, No. 12

Road Traffic Act 2004

2004, No. 44

Road Traffic Act 2006

2006, No. 23

Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006

State Authorities (Public Private Partnership Arrangements) Act 2002

2002, No. 1

Taxi Regulation Act 2003

2003, No. 25

Number

34

of

2007

Roads Act 2007

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2019

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ROADS ACTS 1993 TO 2001, THE TAXI REGULATION ACT 2003

AND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACTS 1961 TO 2006 AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED

MATTERS. [11

th July

, 2007]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text)

C1

Certain references in Act construed (1.06.2014) by

Local Government Reform Act 2014

(1/2014), ss. 9(2)(3), 25(2), S.I. No. 214 of 2014.

Cesser and amalgamation of certain local government areas

9.

—...

(2) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, a reference, however expressed,

in any enactment—

(a) to a county council or a city council (including a reference construed by section

3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Principal Act as a reference to a county council or

to a city council, as the case may be) shall, if the context permits, be read as a

reference to a county council, a city council or a city and county council, and

(b) to a county council and a city council (including a reference so construed) shall,

if the context permits, be read as a reference to a county council, a city council

and a city and county council.

(3) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, a reference, however expressed,

in any enactment—

(a) to the administrative area of a county council or the administrative area of a

city council shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to the administrative

area of a county council, the administrative area of a city council or the administrative

area of a city and county council, and

(b) to the administrative area of a county council and the administrative area of

a city council shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to the administrative

area of a county council, the administrative area of a city council and the administrative

area of a city and county council.

Dissolution of town councils — consequential provisions

25.

— ...

(2) A function of a town council (including a reference construed by section 3(2)

of, and Schedule 2 to, the Principal Act as a reference to a town council and whether

of general application to town councils or otherwise under an enactment) that—

(a) has not been repealed or otherwise provided for by this Act, or

(b) is neither spent nor obsolete,

shall, if the context permits in respect of one or more than one town council concerned,

be read as a reference to a function of the local authority in whose administrative

area the town council so dissolved is situated.

C2

Term “Commissioner” construed for purposes of collectively cited

Roads Acts 1993 to 2007

(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.

...

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text)

C1

Certain references in Act construed (1.06.2014) by

Local Government Reform Act 2014

(1/2014), ss. 9(2)(3), 25(2), S.I. No. 214 of 2014.

Cesser and amalgamation of certain local government areas

9.

—...

(2) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, a reference, however expressed,

in any enactment—

(a) to a county council or a city council (including a reference construed by section

3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Principal Act as a reference to a county council or

to a city council, as the case may be) shall, if the context permits, be read as a

reference to a county council, a city council or a city and county council, and

(b) to a county council and a city council (including a reference so construed) shall,

if the context permits, be read as a reference to a county council, a city council

and a city and county council.

(3) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, a reference, however expressed,

in any enactment—

(a) to the administrative area of a county council or the administrative area of a

city council shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to the administrative

area of a county council, the administrative area of a city council or the administrative

area of a city and county council, and

(b) to the administrative area of a county council and the administrative area of

a city council shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to the administrative

area of a county council, the administrative area of a city council and the administrative

area of a city and county council.

Dissolution of town councils — consequential provisions

25.

— ...

(2) A function of a town council (including a reference construed by section 3(2)

of, and Schedule 2 to, the Principal Act as a reference to a town council and whether

of general application to town councils or otherwise under an enactment) that—

(a) has not been repealed or otherwise provided for by this Act, or

(b) is neither spent nor obsolete,

shall, if the context permits in respect of one or more than one town council concerned,

be read as a reference to a function of the local authority in whose administrative

area the town council so dissolved is situated.

C2

Term “Commissioner” construed for purposes of collectively cited

Roads Acts 1993 to 2007

(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.

...

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Tolls — definitions.

3.

Toll schemes.

4.

Default toll, etc.

5.

Access to records.

6.

Responsibility of road authorities for the maintenance and construction of public

roads — up-dated references.

7.

Amendment of functions of NRA relating to national roads.

8.

Declaration of motorways.

9.

Schemes.

10.

Service areas.

11.

Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act.

12.

Amendments to Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006.

13.

Amendments to Taxi Regulation Act 2003.

14.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

SCHEDULE

Amendment of Roads Act 1993

Number

34

of

2007