Road Traffic Act 2010
Amendment of First Schedule to Act of 2002 — penalty points.
54.— The First Schedule to the Act of 2002 is amended—
(a) in Part 1, by substituting for the matter at reference number 9 the following:
“
|
9 |
Offence under section 52 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, where the contravention involved the use of a mechanically propelled vehicle, tried summarily |
Careless driving |
|
3 |
”,
(b) in Part 2 (as amended by section 16 of the Act of 2006)—
(i) by substituting reference numbers 4 to 8 for “reference numbers 1 to 8” in paragraph (2), and
(ii) by deleting the matter at reference numbers 1, 2 and 3,
and
(c) F95[…]
(d) by inserting after Part 8 (inserted by section 16(e) of the Act of 2006) the following:
“PART 9
Contravention of Certain Provisions of the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 5 of 2003)
In this Part—
(a) ‘offence’ means an offence under section 11 of the Principal Act,
(b) a reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation of the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 5 of 2003).
|
Reference Number |
Offence |
General Description of Offence |
Penalty Points on Payment of Fixed Charge |
Penalty Points on Conviction |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
|
1 |
Offence consisting of contravention of Regulation 26 or 27 |
Using a vehicle which exceeds the maximum permissible width |
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
Offence consisting of contravention of Regulation 28, 29, 30 or 31 |
Using a vehicle which exceeds the maximum permissible length |
1 |
3 |
|
3 |
Offence consisting of contravention of Regulation 55 |
Using a vehicle with defective or worn tyres |
2 |
4 |
”.
Annotations
Amendments:
F95
Deleted (20.03.2014) by Road Traffic Act 2014 (3/2014), s. 9, S.I. No. 147 of 2014.