Road Transport Act 1971
Number 8 of 1971
ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Road Transport Act 1971. 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.
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Number 8 of 1971
ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Acts Referred to |
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1933, No. 8 |
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1944, No. 21 |
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1934, No. 17 |
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1935, No. 23 |
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1958, No. 19 |
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Number 8 of 1971
ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1933, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [7th April, 1971.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
Application of Act extended (14.07.1986) by Road Transport Act 1986 (16/1986), s. 16(1), S.I. No. 240 of 1986, as amended (30.08.1999) by Road Transport Act, 1999 (15/1999), s. 14(2), S.I. No. 264 of 1999.
Powers of transport officers.
16.—(1) A transport officer shall for the purposes of—
(a) ... the Road Transport Act, 1971 ...
have power to do any or all of the following things—
(i) at any time enter a premises or place if he has reasonable grounds for believing that it is used for a purpose connected with road transport [, including the engagement or use by a person in the premises or place of the services of an undertaking for the carriage by road for reward of merchandise in a vehicle] (in this section referred to as “road transport operations”) or that a vehicle used for that purpose is at the premises or in the place and inspect the vehicle and any documents, records, books or recording equipment kept or used in that vehicle, premises or place, as the case may be, for the purposes of road transport operations,
(ii) at any time inspect a vehicle which is stationary and inspect any documents, records, books, goods or recording equipment being carried in or on the vehicle or by the crew kept or used for the purposes of road transport operations,
(iii) require any person at the premises or in the place or in the vehicle to produce to him any document, book or record kept or used for the purposes of road transport operations which is in the power or control of that person,
(iv) inspect, examine and take copies of or extracts from or take away, if necessary for the purposes of inspection or examination, any document, book or record kept or used for the purposes of road transport operations and require the person by whom such document, book or record is kept or who produced the document, book or record to certify a copy thereof as a true copy.
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Application of Act extended (19.08.1995) by European Communities (International Carriage of Goods by Road) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 283 of 1985), reg. 2.
2. A licence or class of licence issued by the competent authority of a Member State (other than the State) of the European Communities in the form provided for and pursuant to Council Directive 65/269/EEC(2) (as amended by Council Directive 83/572/EEC) shall be deemed to be a restricted road freight licence within the meaning of the Road Transport Act, 1971.