Road Traffic Act 2010

54

Amendment of First Schedule to Act of 2002 — penalty points.

54.— The First Schedule to the Act of 2002 is amended—

(a) in Part 1, by substituting for the matter at reference number 9 the following:

9

Offence under section 52 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, where the contravention involved the use of a mechanically propelled vehicle, tried summarily

Careless driving

3

”,

(b) in Part 2 (as amended by section 16 of the Act of 2006)—

(i) by substituting reference numbers 4 to 8 for “reference numbers 1 to 8” in paragraph (2), and

(ii) by deleting the matter at reference numbers 1, 2 and 3,

and

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(d) by inserting after Part 8 (inserted by section 16(e) of the Act of 2006) the following:

“PART 9

Contravention of Certain Provisions of the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 5 of 2003)

In this Part—

(a) ‘offence’ means an offence under section 11 of the Principal Act,

(b) a reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation of the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 5 of 2003).

Reference Number

Offence

General Description of Offence

Penalty Points on Payment of Fixed Charge

Penalty Points on Conviction

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1

Offence consisting of contravention of Regulation 26 or 27

Using a vehicle which exceeds the maximum permissible width

1

3

2

Offence consisting of contravention of Regulation 28, 29, 30 or 31

Using a vehicle which exceeds the maximum permissible length

1

3

3

Offence consisting of contravention of Regulation 55

Using a vehicle with defective or worn tyres

2

4

”.

Annotations

Amendments:

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Deleted (20.03.2014) by Road Traffic Act 2014 (3/2014), s. 9, S.I. No. 147 of 2014.