Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

Unauthorised taking or interference with light rail vehicle.

60

60.—(1) A person shall not use or take possession of a light rail vehicle without the consent of the railway undertaking concerned.

(2) A person shall not, without lawful authority or reasonable cause, interfere or attempt to interfere with a light rail vehicle or get on or into or attempt to get on or into a light rail vehicle.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F106[5,000] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(5) Where a member of the Garda Síochána has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is committing or has committed an offence under this section, he or she may arrest the person without warrant.

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Amendments:

F106

Substituted (18.12.2005) by Railway Safety Act 2005 (31/2005), s. 135(d), 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.