Road Safety Authority Act 2006
Number 14 of 2006
ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Road Safety Authority Act 2006. 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.
All Acts up to and including Local Government Act 2019 (1/2019), enacted 25 January 2019, and all statutory instruments up to and including Brown Crab (Conservation Of Stocks) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 26 of 2019), made 1 February 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
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Number 14 of 2006
ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
Introduction
This revision presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was first passed.
Related legislation
Road Safety Authority Acts 2006 and 2012: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation to be construed together as one (Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 (16/2012), s. 1(3)). The Acts in this group are:
• Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (14/2006)
• Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 (16/2012)
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions. A version without annotations, showing only textual amendments, is also available.
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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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 1977, 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
• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (30/2014)
• Road Traffic Act 2014 (3/2014)
• Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 (16/2012)
• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011)
• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (15/2008)
All Acts up to and including Local Government Act 2019 (1/2019), enacted 25 January 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Road Safety Authority Staff Superannuation Scheme 2015 (S.I. No. 442 of 2015)
• Road Safety Authority Staff Superannuation Scheme 2013 (S.I. No. 248 of 2013)
• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 480 of 2011)
• European Communities (Road Infrastructure Safety Management) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 472 of 2011)
• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)
• Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 567 of 2009)
• Road Traffic (Driving Instructor Licensing) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 203 of 2009)
• European Communities (Road Vehicles: Type-approval) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 158 of 2009)
• European Communities (Road Vehicles: Entry Into Service) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 157 of 2009)
• Road Traffic (Driving Instructor Licensing) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 146 of 2009)
• European Communities (Road Transport) (Working Conditions and Road Safety) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 62 of 2008)
• Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006)
• Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (s. 18)(Appointed Day) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 463 of 2006)
• Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Establishment Day) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 462 of 2006)
All statutory instruments up to and including Brown Crab (Conservation Of Stocks) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 26 of 2019), made 1 February 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 14 of 2006
ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
5. Outsourcing of functions of Authority.
8. Road safety information and statistics.
10. Conferring of additional functions on Authority.
11. Establishment of subsidiaries by Authority.
12. Participation in companies by Authority.
14. Membership of Board of Authority and term of office of members.
16. Meetings and procedures of Board.
21. Engagement of consultants.
22. Membership of Houses of Oireachtas and European Parliament.
23. Disclosure of interests by members of Board.
24. Disclosure of interests by directors of subsidiary.
25. Disclosure by members of staff of certain interests.
26. Prohibition on unauthorised disclosure of confidential information.
27. Advances by Minister to Authority.
34. Transfer of assets and liabilities.
35. Preservation of certain continuing contracts.
37. Pending legal proceedings.
38. Declarations under European Convention on Driving Disqualifications.
Acts Referred to
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1963, No. 33 |
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1993, No. 8 |
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1997, No. 2 |
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1997, No. 13 |
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2001, No. 37 |
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Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 |
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1997, No. 20 |
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1998, No. 30 |
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2003, No. 29 |
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2001, No. 45 |
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Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003 |
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1961, No. 24 |
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2002, No. 12 |
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Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2004 |
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1986, No. 16 |
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1994, No. 5 |
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Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2005 |
Number 14 of 2006
ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BODY TO BE KNOWN IN THE IRISH LANGUAGE AS AN tÚDARÁS UM SHÁBHÁILTEACHT AR BHÓITHRE OR IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS THE ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY, TO DEFINE ITS FUNCTIONS, TO AMEND SECTION 9 OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2002 AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS.
[31st May, 2006]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and references to “Department of Finance” and “Minister for Finance” construed (20.09.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 480 of 2011), arts. 2, 3, 4 and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2).
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or any instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under—
(a) the provisions of the enactments specified in the Schedule, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
4. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument made under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Schedule
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Road Safety Authority Act 2006 |
Section 27(1) |
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Functions transferred and references to “Department of Finance” and “Minister for Finance” construed (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 2, 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2).
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of —
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Schedule 1
Enactments
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Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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Road Safety Authority Act 2006 |
Sections 3(2), 5(1), 10, 11 and 12 |
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Functions transferred and references to “Minister” and “Department of Finance” construed (6.07.2011) by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011), ss. 7, 9, 11 and sch. 2 part 1, commenced as per s. 1(2).
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
7.— (1) There shall stand established on the appointed day a Department of State to be known, in the Irish language, as an Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe or, in the English language, as the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) The member of the Government who is in charge of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform—
(a) shall be known, in the Irish language, as an tAire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe or, in the English language, as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and
(b) is, in this Act, referred to as the “Minister”.
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Transfer of certain other functions to Minister.
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(3) The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under any of the provisions specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2 are transferred to the Minister.
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Transfer of administration and business of Department of Finance.
11.— (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of the functions transferred by sections 8 and 9 are hereby transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any statute or instrument under a statute in so far as they relate to the administration and business transferred by subsection (1) shall, from the appointed day, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
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SCHEDULE 2
Functions Transferred To Minister
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PART 1
Functions performable with consent of Minister for Finance
STATUTES
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