Number 16 of 1986

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1986

REVISED

Updated to 22 December 2020

Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

Although not included in a collective citation, this Act is one of a group of Acts which deal with the same subject matter:

• Road Transport Act 1933 (8/1933)

• Road Transport Act 1934 (17/1934)

• Road Transport Act 1935 (23/1935)

• Transport Act 1944 (21/1944), Part VII

• Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1955 (21/1955)

• Transport Act 1958 (19/1958)

• Transport (No. 2) Act 1959 (40/1959)

• Road Transport Act 1971 (8/1971)

• Road Transport Act 1978 (8/1978)

• Road Transport Act 1986 (16/1986)

• Road Transport Act 1999 (15/1999)

• Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 (28/2006)

• Road Transport Act 2011 (31/2011)

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Road Transport Act 1932 (2/1932)

• Road Transport Act 1956 (13/1956)

The definitions in the Road Transport Act 1933 are applied by the Road Transport Acts 1934 and 1935 (s. 1(2) of each Act). The following Acts are to be construed together as one with the Road Transport Act 1933:

• Transport Act 1944 (21/1944), Part VII (s. 111(2))

• Road Transport Act 1971 (8/1971) (s. 12(2))

• Road Transport Act 1978 (8/1978) (s. 11(2))

• Road Transport Act 1986 (16/1986) (s. 22(2))

• Road Transport Act 1999 (15/1999) (other than ss. 17, 18 and 21) (s. 25(2))

• Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 (28/2006) (s. 2 only) (s. 2(10))

• Road Transport Act 2011 (31/2011) (s. 23(2))

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Road Transport Act 2011 (31/2011)

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (15/2008)

• Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 (28/2006)

• Road Transport Act 1999 (15/1999)

All Acts up to and including Social Welfare Act 2020 (30/2020), enacted 22 December 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• European Union (Interbus Agreement) Regulations 2020(S.I. No. 694 of 2020)

• Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006)

• Road Transport (International Carriage of Goods by Road) (No. 2) Order 1995 (S.I. No. 85 of 1995)

• Road Transport Acts (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 141 of 1994)

• European Communities (International Carriage of Goods by Road) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 140 of 1994)

• Road Transport Acts (Fees) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 193 of 1988)

• Road Transport Act, 1986 (Appeals) Regulations 1987 (S.I. No. 233 of 1987)

• Road Transport Act, 1986 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 1986 (S.I. No. 454 of 1986)

• Road Transport Act, 1986 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 1986 (S.I. No. 313 of 1986)

• Road Transport Acts (Fees) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 312 of 1986)

• Road Transport Act, 1986 (Commencement) Order 1986 (S.I. No. 240 of 1986)

All statutory instruments up to and including European Union (Interbus Agreement) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 694 of 2020), made 22 December 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.