Road Transport Act 1978

Number 8 of 1978

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1978

REVISED

Updated to 17 March 2019

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Road Transport Act 1978. 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 the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 (8/2019), enacted 17 March 2019, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Social Welfare, Pensions And Civil Registration Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 116 of 2019), made 20 March 2019, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

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Number 8 of 1978


ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1978

REVISED

Updated to 17 March 2019


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS


Number 8 of 1978


ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1978

REVISED

Updated to 17 March 2019


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1933, AND THE ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1971, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [16th May, 1978]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

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Prospective affecting provision: payment deposit may be required of non-resident drivers in respect of certain offences as provided by Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010), s. 50, not commenced as of date of revision.

Payment deposit from non-resident drivers in respect of certain alleged offences.

50.— (1) This section applies to such offences under—

(a) the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010,

(b) the Road Transport Act 1933 (including any Act construed as one with it),

(c) any regulation made under the European Communities Act 1972 providing for the carriage of merchandise by road or the carriage of passengers by road or the harmonisation of certain legislation relating to road transport, or

(d) any enactment or any instrument made under any enactment relating to the carriage of goods or passengers by road or to any vehicle or class of vehicles engaged in such carriage, as may be prescribed.

(2) Where—

(a) a member of the Garda Síochána or a transport officer has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence to which this section applies is being or has been committed by a person, and

(b) the person does not give to the member or officer an address in the State at which the member or officer is satisfied that it is likely that it would be possible to find the person whenever necessary to do so in connection with any proceedings in respect of the alleged offence,

then the member or officer may, subject to subsection (3), serve personally on the person a notice (in this section referred to as a “payment deposit notice”) in accordance with this section.

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Editorial Notes:

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Certain offences under Act which may not be tried on indictment made subject to rules in relation to fixed charge offences and notice (25.07.2012, 1.06.2017) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010), s. 34(b)(i), S.I. Nos. 293 of 2012 and 241 of 2017.