Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

Prohibition on person disqualified for holding driving licence from driving light rail vehicle on public road.

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56.—(1) A person who is disqualified under the Act of 1961 for holding a driving licence (within the meaning of section 22 of the Act of 1961) shall not drive a light rail vehicle on a public road.

(2) A person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F103[5,000] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or to both.

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Amendments:

F103

Substituted (18.12.2005) by Railway Safety Act 2005 (31/2005), s. 135(b), commenced on enactment. A fine of €5,000 translates into a class A fine, not greater than €5,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 4(3) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.