C31

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (16/2023), s. 5(f), not commenced as of date of revision.

F67[23E.—(1) Where a person produces an Irish driving licence to a member of the Garda Síochána and the member has reasonable grounds to believe that the licence is one which has been revoked in accordance with section 23C or regulations under section 42(2)(cd), he or she shall retain the licence and forward it to the Minister.

(2) Where the Minister receives a driving licence under subsection (1) and the licence stands revoked the Minister shall cause the licence to be destroyed and notify the holder of the licence by letter in writing to the address provided by the licence holder with his or her application for the licence or, where the holder has notified the Minister that he or she has changed address, to that address and by such other means as the Minister prescribes.

(3) Where the Minister receives a licence from a member of the Garda Síochána under subsection (1) and the licence does not stand revoked the Minister shall cause the licence, or a replacement licence, to be furnished to the holder.

(4) A person may make an application for a licence in accordance with this Act notwithstanding that a licence held by him or her has been revoked pursuant to this section or in accordance with regulations under section 42(2)(cd).]