ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 2002

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACTS, 1961 to 1995. [10th April, 2002]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

1. Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires—

“the Act of 1968” means the Road Traffic Act, 1968;

“the Act of 1975” means the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975;

“the Act of 1994” means the Road Traffic Act, 1994;

“the Acts” means the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1995;

“appeal” includes an appeal by way of case stated;

“appropriate date” shall be construed in accordance with section 7;

“entry”, in relation to a person, means the entry in the licence record relating to the person;

F1["Irish licence" means an Irish driving licence or a learner permit granted under Part III of the Principal Act;]

F2["licence" means an Irish licence or a foreign driving licence, as the case may be;]

“licence record” means the record jointly established and maintained by the Minister and all the licensing authorities under section 60(2) of the Finance Act, 1993, in relation to licences;

“penalty point” means a point specified in column (4) or (5) of the First Schedule;

“penalty point offence” means an offence specified in column (2) of the First Schedule committed after the commencement of section 2;

“the Principal Act” means the Road Traffic Act, 1961.

• (2) A word or expression that is used in this Act and is also used in the Principal Act has in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning as it has in the Principal Act.

• (3) In this Act—

• (a) a reference to a section or a Schedule is a reference to a section of, or a Schedule to, this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended,

• (b) a reference to a subsection or paragraph is a reference to a subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended, and

• (c) a reference to any enactment or instrument made under statute shall be construed as a reference to that enactment or instrument as amended, adapted or extended by or under any subsequent enactment or instrument made under statute.

1A. F3[Records — foreign driving licence holders and unlicensed drivers.

1A.— ...]

2. Endorsement of penalty points.

2.—F4[(1) Where a person makes a payment under section 103 (inserted by section 11) of the Principal Act or under section 37 or 44 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 in respect of an alleged penalty point offence (other than such an offence specified at reference number 2A, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 or 19 in column (2) of Part 1 of the First Schedule), the number of penalty points specified in column (4) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the offence in the said column (2), standing so specified on the day of the commission of the alleged offence, shall, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be endorsed on the entry relating to the person in respect of the alleged offence.]

• (2) Where a person is convicted of a penalty point offence, the number of penalty points specified in column (5) of the First Schedule opposite the mention of the offence in column (2) of that Schedule F5[, standing so specified on the day of the commission of the alleged offence,] shall, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be endorsed on the entry relating to the person in respect of the offence.

• (3)
• (a) Where a person, whether on the same occasion or not—

• (i) makes 2 or more payments referred to in subsection (1) in respect of alleged penalty point offences committed on the same occasion, or

• (ii) is convicted of 2 or more penalty point offences committed on the same occasion,

penalty points in respect of one only of the alleged offences or offences, determined, where appropriate, in accordance with subsection (4), shall be endorsed on the entry relating to the person.

• (b) Where a person, whether on the same occasion or not, makes one or more payments referred to in subsection (1) and is convicted of one or more penalty point offences and the alleged penalty point offences concerned and the penalty point offences were committed on the same occasion, penalty points in respect only of any one of the alleged offences and offences, determined in accordance with subsection (4), shall be endorsed on the entry relating to the person.

• (4) In a case referred to in subsection (3)—

• (a) if the number of penalty points falling (but for that subsection) to be endorsed on the entry concerned in respect of one of the alleged offences, or offences, concerned differs from that or those in respect of the other or others, the number which is the bigger or biggest shall, subject to paragraph (b), be endorsed on the entry, and

• (b) if 2 or more of the numbers aforesaid are bigger than the other or others, or are the biggest of the numbers, and are equal, one only of them shall be so endorsed.

• (5) Upon the making of a payment referred to in subsection (1) to a member of the Garda Síochána F6[or a person appointed under section 103 of the Principal Act], the Commissioner F6[or a person appointed under section 103 of the Principal Act] shall, as soon as may be after the payment, cause the Minister to be notified of the payment and, thereupon, subject to subsections (3), (7) and (8), the Minister shall cause the appropriate number of penalty points to be endorsed on the entry concerned.

• (6)
• F7[(a) Where a person is convicted of a penalty point offence, the Minister shall be notified of the conviction by the Courts Service—

• (i) in case an appeal is brought against the conviction and it is determined against the person, as soon as may be after such determination, and

• (ii) in case an appeal is not brought against the conviction, as soon as may be after the expiration of the ordinary time for bringing such an appeal.]

• (b) Where the conviction of a person of a penalty point offence is reversed on appeal, it shall not be necessary to notify the Minister of the conviction.

• (c) Upon the receipt by the Minister of a notification under paragraph (a), the Minister shall, subject to subsections (3), (7) and (8), cause the appropriate number of penalty points to be endorsed on the entry concerned.

• F8[(7) If an entry in relation to a person cannot be identified or does not exist at a time when, if there were such an entry, penalty points would fall to be endorsed on it pursuant to subsection (5) or (6) (c), and subsequently such an entry is identified or made, thereupon, the points shall be so endorsed.]

• (8) F9[Subject to subsection (8A), where,] upon conviction of a person of a penalty point offence, an ancillary disqualification order is made in respect of the person, penalty points in respect of the offence shall not be endorsed on the entry of the person.

• F10[(8A) Penalty points in respect of a penalty point offence shall be endorsed on the entry of a person where, upon conviction of the person of the penalty point offence, an ancillary disqualification order is made in respect of the person for a period of 6 months or less.]

• (9) The particulars stated in column (3) of the First Schedule are inserted solely to facilitate reference to and identification of the provisions specified in column (2) of that Schedule and, accordingly, nothing contained in the said column (3) shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of this section or that Schedule.

• (10) F11[…]

3. Disqualification by reason of penalty points.

3.—F16[(1) Where penalty points are endorsed on the entry of a person and, in consequence, the total number of penalty points standing so endorsed—

• (a) equals or exceeds 12, or

• (b) in the case of a person who at the time such points are endorsed is a learner driver or a novice driver, equals or exceeds 7,

the person shall stand disqualified for a period of 6 months beginning on the appropriate date for holding a licence and a licence held by him or her at the beginning of the period shall stand suspended accordingly.]

• (2) At the end of a period of disqualification pursuant to subsection (1) the Minister—

• (a) shall cause to be removed from the entry concerned penalty points standing endorsed on it on the date of the notice under section 5 relating to the disqualification, and

• (b) shall cause a notice to be given or sent, by post or otherwise, to the person to whom the entry relates—

• (i) of the ending of the period and its date, and

• (ii) of the removal and particulars of the penalty points the subject of the removal.

4. Period of endorsement of penalty points.

4.—Penalty points endorsed on the entry of a person shall, subject to section 3(2), remain on the entry for a period of 3 years beginning on the appropriate date, and the Minister shall—

• (a) cause the penalty points to be removed from the entry at the end of that period, and

• (b) cause a notice to be given or sent, by post or otherwise, to the person—

• (i) of the ending of the period and its date, and

• (ii) of the removal and particulars of the penalty points the subject of the removal.

5. Notification to licence holder of endorsement of penalty points.

5.—(1) When penalty points are endorsed on the entry of a person, the Minister shall, as soon as may be thereafter, cause a notice to be given or sent, by post or otherwise, to the person—

• (a) to the effect that the number of penalty points specified in the notice has been endorsed on the entry relating to the person following—

• (i) the making by the person of a payment referred to in section 2(1), or

• (ii) the conviction of the person of a penalty point offence,

and that, subject to section 3(2), they will remain on the entry for a period of 3 years beginning on the appropriate date, and

• F17[(b) specifying the total number of penalty points that, following the endorsement aforesaid, stand so endorsed and, if that number—

• (i) equals or exceeds 12, or

• (ii) in the case of a person who at the time such points are endorsed is a learner driver or a novice driver, equals or exceeds 7,

specifying that the person will be disqualified under section 3 for holding a licence for a period of 6 months beginning on the appropriate date and directing him or her to submit the licence held by him or her to the licensing authority not later than 14 days from that date.]

• (2) When a notice is given or sent to a person under subsection (1), the Minister shall cause particulars of the notice, including its date, to be entered on the entry relating to the person.

• (3) A person who does not comply with a direction under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) in a notice under that subsection shall be guilty of an offence.

6. Interruption of period of endorsement of penalty points or disqualifications under section 3.

F18[6.—(1) Where, during the period of 3 years for which penalty points stand endorsed on the entry of a person or the period of 6 months for which a person stands disqualified pursuant to section 3 for holding a licence, the person—

• (a) becomes disqualified pursuant to Part III of the Principal Act, section 29 of the Act of 2010 or section 40 of the Act of 2016, or

• (b) ceases to be the holder of a licence,

no part of the period of the disqualification referred to in paragraph (a) or the cesser referred to in paragraph (b), as the case may be, shall be reckoned as part of the period of 3 years or part of the period of 6 months, and the date of the ending of the two latter periods shall be determined accordingly.

• (2) Where, during the period when a person—

• (a) is disqualified pursuant to Part III of the Principal Act, section 29 of the Act of 2010 or section 40 of the Act of 2016, or

• (b) ceases to be the holder of a licence,

penalty points are endorsed on the entry of the person, no part of the period of the disqualification referred to in paragraph (a) or the cesser referred to in paragraph (b), as the case may be, shall be reckoned as part of the period of 3 years for which the penalty points stand endorsed on the entry and, should the person, in consequence of the endorsement of the penalty points, stand disqualified pursuant to section 3, no part of the period of the disqualification referred to in paragraph (a) or the cesser referred to in paragraph (b), as the case may be, shall be reckoned as part of the period of 6 months of that disqualification.]

7. The appropriate date.

7.—(1) In this Act, subject to the provisions of this section, the appropriate date, in relation to penalty points, is the date that is 28 days from the date of the notice under section 5 relating to the penalty points; and, for the purposes of the application of this section to section 3(1), the notice under section 5 is that relating to the penalty points concerned that are the latest to be endorsed on an entry before a disqualification occurs under section 3(1) of the person to whom the entry relates.

• (2) Where, but for this subsection, the appropriate date would fall on a day in a period when the person concerned stands disqualified pursuant to F19[section 3, Part III of the Principal Act or section 29 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 for holding a licence], or is otherwise not the holder of a licence, the appropriate date shall fall on the day immediately after the end of the period aforesaid or, as the case may be, the day on which the person becomes such a holder.

• (3) If a court enlarges the time for instituting an appeal against a conviction for penalty point offence, it may, if it thinks it is appropriate and in the interests of justice to do so, by order provide that, in relation to the penalty points concerned—

• (a) (i) the period of 6 months specified in section 3, or

• (ii) the period of 3 years specified in section 4,

or both such periods shall begin on such date or dates other than that or those specified in subsection (1) as may be stated in the order, or

• (b) such a period shall consist of 2 discontinuous periods stated in the order or each such period shall consist of 2 discontinuous periods so stated.

• F20[(4) Where an order is made under subsection (3), the Minister shall be notified by the Courts Service.]

• (5) In relation to a case in which an order is made under subsection (3), subsections (1) and (2), as may be appropriate, shall be construed in accordance with the order.

• (6)
• (a) In any proceedings, a certificate signed by an officer of the Minister authorised by the Minister in that behalf and stating—

• (i) that he or she has examined the entry relating to a person,

• (ii) that a penalty point was endorsed on the entry on a specified date, and

• (iii) the date of the notice under section 5 relating to the penalty point,

shall be admissible as evidence of those facts.

• (b) A document purporting to be a certificate under paragraph (a) shall be deemed to be such a certificate, and to have been signed by the person purporting to have signed it and to have been so signed in accordance with an authorisation under paragraph (a), unless the contrary is shown.

8. Endorsement of certain convictions and disqualifications on entries.

8.—For the purpose of enabling the convictions and the disqualification orders referred to in subsections (3) and (4) of section 36 of the Principal Act to be endorsed on the entries of those concerned in lieu of being endorsed on the licences held by them, the following amendments of the said section 36 are made as respects such convictions occurring, and such orders made, after the commencement of this section—

• (a) the references in those subsections to an order directing particulars of a conviction or of a disqualification order to be endorsed on the licence held by a person or, if the person is not the holder of a licence but subsequently a licence is granted to him or her, on that licence are construed as references to an order directing that those particulars be endorsed on the entry then existing or subsequently made in relation to the person, and

• (b) the following subsections are added to the said section 36:

• "(6) In the cases referred to in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, the Minister shall cause the particulars referred to in those subsections to be endorsed on the appropriate entries.

• (7) Where a disqualification referred to in section 29 of this Act is removed under that section or the period of a disqualification referred to in subsection (3) or (4) of this section expires (being in each case a disqualification to which an order relates that stands endorsement on an entry), the Minister shall cause the endorsement and any endorsement relating to the relevant conviction (if any) to be removed from the entry concerned.

• (8) The appropriate court registrar or court clerk or such other member of the staff of the Courts Service as that Service may designate shall notify the Minister of an order under subsection (3) or (4) of this section, of the suspension or postponement under the said subsection (3) or (4) of such an order and of an order under section 29 of this Act removing a disqualification referred to in that section.

• (9) In this section, ‘entry’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Road Traffic Act, 2002.”.

9. Disqualification pursuant to European Convention on Driving Disqualifications.

9.—F21[…]

10. Obligation to provide preliminary breath specimen.

10.—

11. Fixed charge offences.

11.—F23[…]

12. Amendment of Act of 1975.

12.—(1) The following section is substituted for section 3 of the Act of 1975:

“3.—(1) (a) This section applies to such of the offences specified in paragraph (b) as may be declared by the Minister by regulations made after consultation with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to be fixed charge offences and an offence standing so declared is referred to in this section as a fixed charge offence.

• (b) The offences referred to in paragraph (a) of this section are:

  • (i) an offence under the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 2002, relating to the prohibition or restriction of the stopping or parking of mechanically propelled vehicles,

  • (ii) the offence under section 18 of the Principal Act of contravening article 5 (prohibition of use of vehicles not displaying valid test disc) of the Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 395 of 1999),

  • (iii) an offence under section 73 of the Finance Act, 1976,

  • (iv) the offence under section 13 of the Roads Act, 1920, of using a vehicle for which a licence under the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952, is not in force,

  • (v) the offence under regulations under the Roads Act, 1920, of not fixing to and exhibiting on a vehicle in the manner prescribed by those regulations of a licence in respect of the vehicle for the time being in force taken out under the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952.

• (2) Where a traffic warden has reasonable grounds for believing that a fixed charge offence is being or has been committed by a person—

  • (a) if the warden identifies the person, the warden shall serve, or cause to be served, personally or by post, on the person a notice under this section,

  • (b) if the warden does not identify the person and the offence involves the use of a mechanically propelled vehicle, the warden shall serve, or cause to be served, personally or by post, on the registered owner of the vehicle a notice under this section or shall affix such a notice to the vehicle.

• (3) Where—

  • (a) a notice under this section is served on the registered owner of a mechanically propelled vehicle or affixed to such a vehicle, and

  • (b) the registered owner of the vehicle was not driving or otherwise using the vehicle at the time of the commission of the alleged offence to which the notice relates,

  the registered owner shall—

  - (i) not later than 28 days after the date of the notice give or send to a traffic warden at a place specified in the notice a document in the prescribed form signed by the registered owner and stating the name and address of the person who was driving or otherwise using the vehicle at the time of such commission, and
  
  - (ii) give or send to a traffic warden within such period as may be specified by the warden at the place aforesaid such other information within his or her knowledge or procurement as the warden may reasonably request for the purpose of identifying, and establishing the whereabouts of the person referred to in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.
  

• (4) Where a document referred to in subsection (3) of this section containing the name and address of the person who was driving or otherwise using the vehicle concerned at the time of the commission of the alleged offence concerned is given or sent to a traffic warden employed by a local authority, the authority shall, not later than 28 days thereafter, cause a notice under this section to be served, personally or by post, on the person.

• (5) A notice under this section shall be in the prescribed form.

• (6) If a notice is served pursuant to subsection (2)(a) or (4) of this section, it shall, without prejudice to subsection (5) of this section, contain a statement to the effect that—

  • (a) the person on whom it is served is alleged to have committed an offence specified in the notice,

  • (b) the person may, during the period of 28 days beginning on the date of the notice, make to the local authority specified in the notice at a place so specified a payment of a fixed charge of a prescribed amount accompanied by the notice, duly completed,

  • (c) if the person does not make the payment specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection during the period so specified accompanied by the notice, duly completed, the person may, during the period of 28 days beginning on the expiration of that period, make to the local authority aforesaid at the place aforesaid a payment of a fixed charge of an amount 50 per cent. greater than the prescribed amount referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection accompanied by the notice, duly completed, and

  • (d) a prosecution in respect of the alleged offence will not be instituted during the periods specified in the notice or, if a payment so specified accompanied by the notice, duly completed, is made during the appropriate period so specified in relation to the payment, at all.

• (7) If a notice is served or affixed to a mechanically propelled vehicle pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section, it shall, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5) of this section, contain a statement to the effect that—

  • (a) an offence specified in the notice is alleged to have been committed,

  • (b) a person liable to be prosecuted for the offence may, during the period of 28 days beginning on the date of the notice, make to a local authority specified in the notice at the place so specified a payment of a fixed charge of a prescribed amount accompanied by the notice, duly completed,

  • (c) if a person such as aforesaid does not make the payment specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection during the period so specified accompanied by the notice, duly completed, the person may, during the period of 28 days beginning on the expiration of the period specified in that subparagraph, make to the local authority aforesaid at the place aforesaid a payment of a fixed charge of an amount 50 per cent. greater than the prescribed amount referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection accompanied by the notice, duly completed,

  • (d) if the registered owner of the vehicle concerned was not driving or otherwise using the vehicle at the time of the commission of the alleged offence concerned, he or she is required by subsection (3) of this section—

    • (i) not later than 28 days after the date of the notice to give or send to the local authority specified in the notice at the place so specified a document in the prescribed form signed by the registered owner and stating the name and address of the person who was driving or otherwise using the vehicle at the time of such commission, and

    • (ii) to give or send to the authority aforesaid at the place aforesaid within such period as may be specified by the authority such other information within his or her knowledge or procurement as the authority may reasonably request for the purpose of identifying, and establishing the whereabouts, of the person referred to in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph,

  • (e) a prosecution in respect of the alleged offence will not be initiated during the periods specified in the notice pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection or, if a payment specified in the notice accompanied by the notice, duly completed, is made during the appropriate period so specified in relation to the payment, at all,

  • (f) if a payment aforesaid accompanied by the notice, duly completed, is made during the appropriate period aforesaid, the registered owner need not comply with subsection (3) of this section,

  • (g) if the registered owner complies with the said subsection (3), a payment aforesaid need not be made by the registered owner and a prosecution of him or her in respect of the alleged offence will not be initiated, and

  • (h) subject to paragraph (f) of this subsection, failure to comply with the said subsection (3) is an offence upon conviction of which the registered owner is liable to a fine not exceeding €800.

• (8) Where a notice is served or affixed under subsection (2) of this section or served under subsection (4) of this section—

  • (a) a person or the person to whom the notice applies may, during the period specified in the notice, make to the local authority so specified at the place so specified a payment so specified at the appropriate time so specified in relation to the payment accompanied by the notice, duly completed,

  • (b) the local authority may receive the payment, issue a receipt therefor and retain it for disposal in accordance with regulations under this Act and no payment so received shall in any circumstances be recoverable by the person who made it,

  • (c) a prosecution in respect of the alleged offence to which the notice relates shall not be instituted during the periods specified in the notice or, if a payment so specified accompanied by the notice, duly completed, is made during the period so specified in relation to the payment, at all,

  • (d) in case the notice is served or affixed pursuant to paragraph (b) of the said subsection (2) and a payment aforesaid accompanied by the notice, duly completed, is so made, the registered owner need not comply with subsection (3) of this section, and

  • (e) if the registered owner complies with the said subsection (3), the payment aforesaid need not be made by the registered owner and a prosecution of him or her in respect of the offence shall not be initiated.

• (9) In a prosecution for a fixed charge offence, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown, that a payment pursuant to the relevant notice under this section accompanied by the notice, duly completed, has not been made.

• (10) Where, in a case to which subsection (2)(b) of this section applies, the registered owner of the mechanically propelled vehicle concerned does not furnish in accordance with subsection (3) of this section the information specified in paragraph (i) of that subsection, then, in a prosecution of that owner for the alleged offence to which the notice under the said subsection (2)(b) relates, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown, that he or she was driving or otherwise using the vehicle at the time of the commission of the alleged offence.

• (11) A notice which is affixed to a mechanically propelled vehicle under subsection (2) of this section shall not be removed or interfered with except by a person to whom the notice applies.

• (12) A person who contravenes subsection (3) of this section shall, subject to subsection (8)(d) of this section, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €800, and a person who contravenes subsection (11) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €800.

• (13) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (12) of this section consisting of a contravention of subsection (3) of this section for the person to show that the information concerned was not within his or her knowledge or procurement and that he or she had taken all reasonable steps to obtain the information.

• (14) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (12) of this section consisting of a contravention of subsection (3) of this section, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown, that the accused person received the notice under this section to which the offence relates.

• (15) In a prosecution of a person for—

  • (a) the alleged offence to which a notice under this section, served on the registered owner of a mechanically propelled vehicle, relates, or

  • (b) an offence under subsection (16) of this section,

  a document, purporting to be a document under subsection (3) of this section stating the name and address of the person who was driving or otherwise using the vehicle at the time of the commission of the alleged offence referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection and to be signed by that registered owner, given or sent under paragraph (i) of that subsection by that owner to a traffic warden shall, until the contrary is shown, be deemed to be such a document and to be so signed and, in case the prosecution is for the offence referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection, shall be admissible, until the contrary is shown, as evidence of the facts stated in it.

• (16) A person who, pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, gives or sends to a traffic warden information (whether or not contained in a document) that is, to his or her knowledge, false or misleading shall be guilty of an offence.

• (17) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10(4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, summary proceedings for an offence under subsection (12) of this section consisting of a contravention of subsection (3) of this section may be brought at any time within 2 years from the date on which the offence was committed.

• (18) In this section, references to a notice under this section, duly completed, are references to such a notice on which the number, the date of the grant, and the period of validity, of the driving licence of the person to whom the notice relates have been inserted by or on behalf of the person.”.

• (2) Section 2 of the Act of 1975 is amended by the substitution of the following for subsection (1):

• “(1) A local authority may, after consultation with the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, make arrangements for the performance in the functional area of the authority, of the functions conferred on traffic wardens by this Act by persons employed by the authority or persons authorised in writing by the authority to perform those functions.”.

• (3) Section 5 of the Act of 1975 is amended by the substitution of “an offence under section 3(12) of this Act” for “an offence under section 3(5) of this Act.”.

• (4) Regulations under section 3 of the Act of 1975 in force immediately before the commencement of this section shall continue in force after such commencement as if made under section 3 (as inserted by this Act) of that Act and may be amended or revoked accordingly.

13. Protection of environment.

13.—F24[…]

14. Performance of certain functions.

14.—(1) The Minister may, by an agreement in writing entered into with any person, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified in the agreement, provide for the performance by that person, subject to such terms and conditions (if any) as may be so specified, of such functions as may be so specified.

• (2) An agreement under this section may, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), make provision in relation to all or any of the following matters:

• (a) the fees (if any) to be charged by the person performing a function in pursuance of the agreement on those in relation to whom the function is performed or on the person on whom the function was originally conferred,

• (b) the payments (if any) to be made to the person on whom the function was originally conferred by the person performing the function in pursuance of the agreement, and

• (c) the disposal of any such fees and payments as aforesaid.

• (3) An agreement under this section shall operate, so long as it continues in force, to confer and vest in the person concerned, to the extent and subject to the terms and conditions specified in the agreement, the function so specified.

• (4) A function conferred on a person by an agreement under this section shall be performable by the person in his or her own name but subject to the general superintendence and control of the person on whom the function was originally conferred.

• (5) A function referred to in subsection (4) shall, notwithstanding the agreement concerned, continue to be vested in the person on whom it was originally conferred but shall be so vested concurrently with the person on whom it is conferred by that agreement and so as to be capable of being performed by either of those persons.

• (6) The conferral on a person by an agreement under this section of a function of the Minister shall not remove or derogate from the Minister's responsibility to Dáil Éireann or as a member of the Government for the performance of the function.

• (7) In this section “function” includes a power and a duty; and the references to a function are references to a function conferred on the Minister, a licensing authority, a local authority, a road authority or the Commissioner by, or by a statutory instrument (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act, 1937), under the Acts or this Act other than a function of the Minister under this section, or a power to make, approve of, or consult in relation to, the making of, a statutory instrument (within the meaning aforesaid).

15. Bye-laws in relation to stands for taxis.

15.—F25[…]

16. Stopping places and stands for buses.

16.—(1) The following section is substituted for section 85 of the Principal Act:

“85.—(1) A road authority may, by notice in writing, direct, in respect of a route upon which buses are operated, that specified points shall be stopping places at which persons may board or descend from buses or that specified places shall be used as stands for buses.

• (2) A road authority may by notice in writing amend or revoke a direction given, or amendment made, by it under this section.

• (3) A person operating or proposing to operate a bus service may apply to the road authority in whose functional area the service is being or will be operated for a direction under this section and the authority may, if it so thinks fit, after consultation with the person, give a direction specifying such points for stopping places, and places for stands, for buses as it considers appropriate.

• (4) A notice under this section may direct that—

  • (a) one or more of the stopping places specified in the notice shall be used only for boarding buses or, as the case may be, only for descending from buses, or

  • (b) one or more of the stopping places so specified, or one or more of the stands so specified, shall be used only by buses providing a service or services operated by a specified person or by specified persons.

• (5) A notice under this section—

  • (a) shall be given or sent by post to the person who is operating the bus service to which it relates, and

  • (b) shall specify the date on which it comes into operation,

  and the notice shall come into operation on the date so specified.

• (6) A certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of a road authority and stating that a notice under this section in specified terms was in force on a specified day or during a specified period shall, without proof of the signature of the person purporting to sign the certificate or that he or she was such an officer, be evidence in any legal proceedings until the contrary is shown that a notice under this section in the specified terms was given or sent by post to the person named in it and that it was in force on the specified day or during the specified period.

• (7) In this section—

‘bus’ means omnibus;

‘road authority’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Roads Act, 1993.”.

• (2) Directions under section 85 of the Principal Act in force immediately before the commencement of this section shall continue in force after such commencement as if given under section 85 (as inserted by this Act) of the Principal Act and may be amended or revoked accordingly.

17. Amendment of section 56 of Principal Act.

17.—The following subsection is substituted for subsection (2) of section 56 of the Principal Act:

• “(2) The insurance required by this section may be subject to the following limitation and the following exception or either of them—

  • (a) it may, in so far as it relates to injury to property, be limited to the sum of €200,000 in respect of injury caused by any one act of negligence or any one series of acts of negligence collectively constituting one event,

  • (b) there may be excepted from the liability covered thereby any liability (in excess of the common law or the statutory liability applicable to the case) undertaken by the insured or the principal debtor by special contract.”.

18. Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act.

18.—

19. Amendment of section 18 of Act of 1968.

19.—Section 18 of the Act of 1968 is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection:

• “(1A)

  • (a) In this subsection—

  ‘approval’ means a document authorising the holder to issue instruction certificates;

  ‘approved body’ means a body that holds an approval;

  ‘driving instruction’ means instruction given for reward in or in respect of the driving of a vehicle;

  ‘instruction certificate’ means a certificate referred to in paragraph (b)(ii).

  • (b) Regulations under this section may provide for—

    • (i) the exemption from the regulations or specified provisions of the regulations of holders of instruction certificates as respects vehicles to which the certificates relate,

    • (ii) the issue of instruction certificates by an approved body to persons as respects whom the body is satisfied that they are competent, and appropriately qualified, to give driving instruction of a recognised standard specified in the regulations in respect of vehicles or vehicles of a specified class and the inclusion in the certificates of statements to the effect that the body is so satisfied,

    • (iii) the revocation by an approved body of an instruction certificate issued by it,

    • (iv) the grant by the Minister of approvals to persons as respects whom the Minister is satisfied that they are competent, and appropriately qualified, to assess the competence and qualifications of persons who apply to them for the issue of instruction certificates,

    • (v) the attachment of conditions by the Minister to approvals and the revocation or amendment of such conditions,

    • (vi) notification of the person concerned of a proposal to revoke an approval or instruction certificate, or to revoke or amend conditions of approvals, and of the reasons therefor,

    • (vii) the making of representations to the Minister or the approved body concerned by the persons affected in relation to proposals referred to in subparagraph (vi) and the consideration of any such representations by the Minister or by the body, as the case may be, before deciding whether to proceed with the proposals,

    • (viii) appeals to the District Court against a revocation or amendment aforesaid and against refusals to issue an approval or an instruction certificate,

    • (ix) applications for approvals and the conditions to be complied with by applicants (including conditions relating to competence, standards and qualifications and the payment of fees to the Minister),

    • (x) the systems to be established by approved bodies for ascertaining and assessing from time to time the competence and standards of holders of instruction certificates, and

    • (xi) the entry on premises of approved bodies and applicants for approvals at all reasonable times by duly authorised officers of the Minister and the examination and copying by such officers of records and other documents, whether in electronic or other form, kept there and the provision to such officers by such bodies and applicants and their staff of such information as they may reasonably request for the purposes of the functions of the Minister under this subsection.”.

20. Amendment of section 35 of Act of 1994.

20.—Section 35 of the Act of 1994 is amended by the insertion in subsection (2) of the following paragraph after paragraph (r):

• “(rr) the control and regulation of the use of stopping places, and stands, specified in notices under section 85 of the Principal Act including the restriction and prohibition of the parking and stopping of vehicles at such stopping places and stands;”.

21. Evidence in relation to certain offences.

21.—F27[…]

22. Inspection of driving licences of persons charged with certain offences.

F28[F29[22.—F30[(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2016 other than an offence under—

• (a) section 38, 84, 85 or 101 of the Principal Act, or

• (b) section 35 (in so far as it relates to the parking of vehicles), 36 or 36A (inserted by section 12 of the Roads Act 2007) of the Act of 1994,

the presiding judge shall require the person to produce his or her driving licence or learner permit to the registrar, clerk or other principal officer of the court, and the court shall record—

• (i) whether or not the licence or permit was produced, and

• (ii) where the licence or permit was produced, the details specified in that licence or permit.]]

• (2) A person who fails to produce his or her licence to the court in accordance with F30[a requirement under subsection (1)] is guilty of an offence.

• (3) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (2)—

• (a) a certified copy of a court order in relation to an offence referred to in subsection (1), or

• (b) any other form of notification certifying that the driving licence was not produced to the court as provided for in the Rules of Court,

is admissible as evidence of those facts.]

23. Increase in certain penalties

23.—F31[…]

24. Regulations.

24.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of giving full effect to this Act and to the provisions inserted by this Act into the Acts and the Act of 1975.

• (2) If in any respect any difficulty arises during the period of 3 years from the commencement of a provision of this Act or an amendment of another Act effected by this Act in bringing the provision or amendment into operation, the Minister may by regulations do anything which appears to be necessary or expedient for bringing the provision or amendment into operation.

• (3) Regulations under this Act may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulations.

• (4) Regulations under this Act (other than subsection (2)) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after they are made and, if a resolution annulling the regulations is passed by either such House within the next subsequent 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulations are laid before it, the regulations shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

• (5) Where the Minister proposes to make regulations under subsection (2), he or she shall cause a draft of the regulations to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.

25. Repeals and amendment of sections 97(1)(b), 102, 107, 110, 111, 115, 125 and 126 of Principal Act.

25.—(1) Sections 97(1)(b), 102, 107, 110, 111, 115, 125 and 126 of the Principal Act are amended by the deletion, in each place where it occurs of “Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1994,” and the substitution of “this Act”.

• (2) Subsections (1) and (2) of section 36 and sections 86, 104 and 105 of the Principal Act and section 64 of the Act of 1968 are repealed as respects offences committed after the commencement of this section.

26. Short title, commencement, construction and collective citation.

26.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic Act, 2002.

• (2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister under this section, may be fixed therefor either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions, including the application of section 25 to different statutory provisions specified therein.

• (3) The Acts and this Act shall be construed together as one Act and may be cited together as the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 2002.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Section 2.

Penalty Points

PART 1 Contravention of Certain Statutory Provisions

F32[The offences specified in column (2) of this Part at reference numbers 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 19] do not include offences on conviction of which the court is required to make a consequential disqualification order.

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 under section 12 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Using vehicle— (a) whose weight unladen exceeds maximum permitted weight,	1	3
		(b) whose weight laden exceeds maximum permitted weight, or
		(c) any part of which transmits to ground greater weight than maximum permitted weight.
2	Offence under F33[section 18(2)] of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Using vehicle without test certificate	F34[3]	5
F35[2A	Offence under section 6(2) of the Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 (other than in circumstances referred to in paragraph 15 of the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic Act 1961).	Using vehicle without certificate of roadworthiness		5]
3	Offence under section 20(10) of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Driving vehicle before remedying dangerous defect		3
4	Offence under section 38 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Driving without a licence	2	5
5	Offence under section 39 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Applying for a licence while disqualified for so applying	1	3
6	Offence under section 40 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Failure to produce a licence to member of Garda Síochána	1	3
7	Offence under section 47 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Exceeding a speed limit	F36[3]	F37[5]
8	Offence under section 48 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Driving vehicle when unfit		3
9	Offence under section 52 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Careless driving F38[where the offence involves the use of a mechanically propelled vehicle]		5
10	Offence under section 54 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Driving dangerously defective vehicle F39[or combination of vehicles]		5
11	Offence under section 55 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Parking vehicle in dangerous position	F34[3]	5
12	Offence under section 56 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Using vehicle without insurance or guarantee		5
13	Offence under section 96 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Failure to stop vehicle at school warden sign	F36[2]	F37[5]
14	Offence under section 106 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Breach of duties on occurrence of accident		5
15	Offence under section 109 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Failure to stop vehicle when so required by member of Garda Síochána	2	5
16	Offence under section 115 of Road Traffic Act, 1961	Furnishing false or misleading particulars in connection with application for licence	1	3
F40[17	Offence under section 51A of Road Traffic Act 1961	Driving without reasonable consideration	2	4]
F41[18	Offence under section 3(3) of Road Traffic Act 2006	Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	F36[3]	F37[5]
19	Offence under section 138(3) of Railway Safety Act 2005, tried summarily	Bridge strikes, etc.	2	3]

F45[PART 1A

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 under section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 2014	Failure to display N-plate or tabard	2	4]

PART 2 Contravention of Certain Provisions of Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 2002

In this Part—

• (1) “offence” means an offence under section 11 of the Act of 1961,

• (2) references to an article at reference numbers 1 to 8 are references to an article of the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 (S.I. No. 190 of 1963),

• (3) references to an article at reference numbers 9 and 10 are references to an article of the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 (S.I. No. 96 of 1971),

• (4) references to an article at reference numbers 11 and 12 are references to an article of the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1978 (S.I. No. 360 of 1978),

• (5) references to an article at reference numbers 13 and 14 are references to an article of the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 (S.I. No. 158 of 1985),

• (6) references to an article at reference numbers 15 and 16 are references to an article of the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. No. 359 of 1991), and

• (7) references to an article at reference numbers 17, 18 and 19 are references to an article of the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 299 of 1993).

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 article 10	Using vehicle whose width exceeds maximum permitted width	1	3
2	Offence consisting of contravention of article 11	Using vehicle whose width exceeds maximum permitted length	1	3
3	Offence consisting of contravention of article 16	Using a vehicle with defective or worn tyres	2	4
4	Offence consisting of contravention of article 23	Using a vehicle from which driver has inadequate view of road and traffic	1	3
5	Offence consisting of contravention of article 24	Using vehicle whose windscreen is not of safety glass or gives distorted view	1	3
6	Offence consisting of contravention of article 25	Using vehicle not fitted with efficient windscreen wiper	1	3
7	Offence consisting of contravention of article 26	Using vehicle not fitted with adequate driving mirror	1	3
8	Offence consisting of contravention of article 46	Using vehicle whose brakes are inadequate	1	3
9	Offence consisting of contravention of article 3	Using vehicle not fitted with adequate anchorage points for safety belts	2	4
10	Offence consisting of contravention of article 4	Using vehicle not fitted with safety belts	2	4
11	Offence consisting of contravention of article 10	Using motor cycle without wearing crash helmet	2	4
12	Offence consisting of contravention of article 11	Permitting passenger not wearing crash helmet to be carried on motor cycle	2	4
13	Offence consisting of contravention of article 4	Using vehicle not equipped with rear underrun protective device	1	3
14	Offence consisting of contravention of article 5	Using vehicle not equipped with side-guard	1	3
15	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of a vehicle of article 6	Using vehicle when driver not wearing safety belt or permitting person under 17 to occupy front seat when not wearing safety belt or appropriate child restraint	2	4
16	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of a vehicle of article 7(3)	Driver of vehicle permitting person under 17 to occupy rear seat when not wearing safety belt or appropriate child restraint	2	4
17	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of a vehicle of article 3	Using vehicle not equipped with speed limitation device	1	3
18	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of a vehicle of article 4	Using vehicle equipped with speed limitation device not complying with specified requirements	1	3
19	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of a vehicle of article 6	Using vehicle equipped with speed limitation device not sealed or not sealed in compliance with specified requirements	1	3
20	Offence consisting of contravention of article 4 of the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2002 (S.I. No. 93 of 2002)	Use by driver of vehicle of mobile phone while in the vehicle in a public place except when the vehicle is parked	1	3

PART 3 Contravention of Certain Provisions of Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963

In this Part—

• (1) “offence” means an offence under section 11 of the Act of 1961, and

• (2) the references to article 9 are references to article 9 of the Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 (S.I. No. 189 of 1963).

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 sub-article (1) of article 9	Using vehicle not equipped with required lamps and identification mark lighting	1	3
2	Offence consisting of contravention of sub-article (2) or (3) of article 9	Using trailer not equipped with required lamps and identification mark lighting	1	3
3	Offence consisting of contravention of sub-article (4) of article 9	Using vehicle not equipped with required rear projecting load lamp or lateral projecting load lamp	1	3
4	Offence consisting of contravention of sub-article (5) of article 9	Using trailer not equipped with required marker lamp	1	3
5	Offence consisting of contravention of sub-article (6) of article 9	Using public service vehicle not equipped with required internal lighting	1	3
6	Offence consisting of contravention of sub-article (7) of article 9	Using vehicle not equipped with required direction indicators	1	3

PART 4 Contravention of Certain Provisions of Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations, 1997

In this Part—

• (1) “offence” means an offence under section 35 of the Act of 1994, and

• (2) references to an article are references to an article of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 182 of 1997).

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 article 7	Contravention of general speed restriction for vehicles	F49[3]	F49[5]
2	Offence consisting of contravention of article 8	Failure by F50[driver of] vehicle to yield right of way	2	4
3	Offence consisting of contravention of article 9	Failure to drive vehicle on left	F49[2]	F49[4]
F51[4	Offence consisting of contravention of article 10(1)(a)	Overtaking of a pedal cyclist in the circumstances prohibited	3	5]
F52[4a	Offence consisting of contravention of article 10(1)(b)	Overtaking prohibited circumstances (other than overtaking a pedal cyclist)	3	5]
5	Offence consisting of contravention of article 11	Contravention of requirements regarding driving of vehicles at road junctions	1	3
6	Offence consisting of contravention of article 12	Contravention of requirements regarding reversing of vehicles	1	3
7	Offence consisting of contravention of article 13	Contravention of restrictions on driving vehicle on footway	1	3
8	Offence consisting of contravention of article 14(5)	Contravention of restrictions on driving vehicle on cycle track	1	3
9	Offence consisting of contravention of article 15	Contravention of requirement to turn vehicle left onto a roundabout	1	3
10	Offence consisting of contravention of article 16	Contravention of prohibition of driving vehicle along or across median strip	F49[2]	F49[4]
11	Offence consisting of contravention of article 19	Failure of driver of vehicle to comply with signals given by members of Garda Síochána	1	3
12	Offence consisting of contravention of article 20	Failure to stop vehicle before stop sign or stop line	F49[3]	F49[5]
13	Offence consisting of contravention of article 21	Failure of vehicle to yield right of way at yield sign or yield line	F49[3]	F49[5]
14	Offence consisting of contravention of article 22	Failure of vehicle to comply with mandatory traffic signs	F49[2]	F49[4]
15	Offence consisting of contravention of article 23	Failure of vehicle to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	1	3
16	Offence consisting of contravention of article 24	F53[Failure to comply with certain mandatory signs]	1	3
17	Offence consisting of contravention of article 25	Crossing of white lines by vehicle	F49[3]	F49[5]
18	Offence consisting of contravention of article 26	Entry by vehicle on hatched marked area of roadway	1	3
19	Offence consisting of contravention of article 27	Failure by vehicle to comply with traffic lane markings	1	3
20	Offence consisting of contravention of article 28	Failure by vehicle to comply with traffic sign signifying that a roadway not be entered	1	3
21	Offence consisting of contravention of article 30	Failure by vehicle to obey traffic lights or to halt at traffic sign adjacent to such lights	F49[3]	5
22	Offence consisting of contravention of article 31	F49[Failure by driver of vehicle to obey traffic lights at railway level crossing, swing bridge or lifting bridge or to halt at traffic sign adjacent to such lights]	2	5
23	Offence consisting of contravention of sub-article (1)(a) of article 33	Prohibition on driving vehicle against traffic flow on motorway	2	4
24	Offence consisting of contravention of sub-article (1)(b) of article 33	Prohibition on driving vehicle on part of motorway not a carriageway	1	3
25	Offence consisting of contravention of sub-article (1)(d) of article 33	Prohibition of driving vehicles with F49[90 km/h] speed limit on outside traffic lane of carriageway of motorway	1	3
26	F54[…]	F54[…]	F54[…]	F54[…]
F55[27	Offence consisting of contravention of article 35	Contravention of ban on U-turns	2	4]

F58[PART 5 Contravention of Article 17 of Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 537 of 2006)

In this Part, a reference to Regulation 17 is a reference to Regulation 17 (as amended by Regulation 2(b) of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Learner Drivers) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 719 of 2007)) of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 537 of 2006).

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 under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 consisting of a contravention of Regulation 17(6)(b)(iii)	Failure to display L-plate or tabard	2	4
2	Offence under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 consisting of a contravention of Regulation 17(6)(b)(iv)	Learner permit holder driving unaccompanied by qualified person	2	4]

F59[PART 6 Contravention of Regulation 4 of European Communities (Installation and Use of Speed Limitation Devices in Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2005

In this Part, a reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation of the European Communities (Installation and Use of Speed Limitation Devices in Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 831 of 2005).

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 4	Using vehicle not equipped with a speed limitation device or using a vehicle equipped with a speed limitation device not complying with require-ments specified in Regulation 4, 5 or 6	F60[3]	F60[5]]

F61[PART 7 Contravention of Certain Provisions of European Communities (Compulsory Use of Safety Belts and Child Restraint Systems in Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2006

In this Part, a reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation of the European Communities (Compulsory Use of Safety Belts and Child Restraint Systems in Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 240 of 2006).

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 by driver of vehicle of Regulation 5(1)	Driver of car or goods vehicle not wearing safety belt	F62[3]	F62[5]
2	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of vehicle of Regulation 5(2)	Driver permitting person under specified age to occupy a seat when not wearing safety belt	F62[3]	F62[5]
3	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of vehicle of Regulation 6	Driver of car or goods vehicle permitting child under 3 years of age to travel in it without being restrained by appropriate child restraint	F62[3]	F62[5]
4	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of vehicle of Regulation 7	Driver of car or goods vehicle permitting child over 3 years of age to travel in it without being restrained by appropriate child restraint	F62[3]	F62[5]
5	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of vehicle of Regulation 8	Driver of car or goods vehicle permitting child to be restrained by rearward-facing child restraint fitted to a seat protected by active frontal air-bag	F62[3]	F62[5]
6	Offence consisting of contravention by driver of vehicle of Regulation 9	Driver of bus not wearing safety belt	F62[3]	F62[5]]

F63[PART 8 Contravention of Regulation 19 of European Communities (Vehicle Testing) Regulations 2004

F64[…]]

F65[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 ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... ... 3 Offence consisting of contravention of Regulation 55 Using a vehicle with defective or worn tyres 2 4]

F66[Part 10 Contravention of Certain Provisions of Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 332 of 2012)

In this Part, a reference to an Article is a reference to an Article of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 332 of 2012).

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 Article 5	Contravention of rules for use of mini- roundabouts	1	3
2	Offence consisting of contravention of Article 6	Proceeding beyond no entry to vehicles sign	1	3
3	Offence consisting of contravention of Article 7	Proceeding beyond maxium vehicle width sign where width exceeds maximum displayed	1	3
4	Offence consisting of contravention of Article 8	Proceeding beyond maximum design gross vehicle weight (safety) sign where design gross vehicle weight exceeds maximum displayed	1	3
5	Offence consisting of contravention of Article 9	Proceeding beyond maximum design gross vehicle weight (safety) sign where design gross vehicle weight exceeds maximum displayed	1	3
6	Offence consisting of contravention of Article 10	Proceeding beyond maximum vehicle axle loading weight sign where vehicle axle loading weight exceeds maximum specified	1	3
7	Offence consisting of contravention of Article 15	Proceeding beyond a traffic lane control sign other than in accordance with such sign or without yielding	1	3]

F67[Part 11 Contravention of Regulation 3 of Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 224 of 2000)

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, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 224 of 2000).