Railway Safety Act 2005

Failure to shut and fasten gates of level crossing or passage.

131

131.Section 25 of the Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1971 is amended by substituting for subsection (1) (as amended by section 8 of the Transport Act 1987) the following:

“(1) Where a person fails to shut and fasten the gate of a level crossing or passage to which this section applies, as soon as he or she or any animal or vehicle under his or her care has passed through the level crossing or passage, he or she is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction in respect of every such offence to a fine not exceeding €,1,000.”.