Road Traffic Act 2010

7.

Power of entry.

7.— A member of the Garda Síochána for the purpose of—

(a) making a requirement of a person under F9[section 9(2), 9(2A) or 10(4)], or

(b) arresting a person under section 4(8), 5(10) or 6(4),

may enter without warrant (if need be by use of reasonable force) any place (including the curtilage of a dwelling but not the dwelling) where the person is or where the member, with reasonable cause, suspects him or her to be.

Annotations

Amendments:

F9

Substituted (13.04.2017) by Road Traffic Act 2016 (21/2016), s. 9, S.I. No. 129 of 2017.

Editorial Notes:

E19

Previous affecting provision: s. 7(a) amended (28.10.2011) by Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011 (28/2011), s. 9(b), S.I. No. 542 of 2011; substituted as per F-note above.