21.—Section 9 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act, 1998, is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1) Where a member of the Garda Síochána alleges to a person that the member suspects that such person has committed or is committing an offence resulting from a contravention of this Act or regulations made under section 17 in connection with the operation on a public road of transport equipment, the member may require of such person his or her name and address, and if such person gives an address outside the State, the member may require the person to give to the member an address within the State, which is satisfactory to the member, for the service of any summons, and may, if such person—

(a) fails to give his or her name and address,

(b) gives a name or address which the member has reasonable grounds for believing is false or misleading, or

(c) having an address outside the State, fails to give an address within the State or gives such an address which the member has reason to doubt is satisfactory for the service of a summons,

arrest such person without warrant.”,

(b) in subsection (2), the substitution for “subsection (1)(b)” of “subsection (1)”, and

(c) the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection:

“(3) Where a person—

(a) when his or her name is required of him or her under subsection (1), refuses or fails to give his or her name and address or gives a name or address which is false or misleading, or

(b) having an address outside the State, when required under subsection (1) to give an address in the State, gives an address which is false or misleading.

such person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.”.