Road Traffic Act 1994 (Ireland)

Provision 1· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 1

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.1 — An offence by a person under subsection (2) of Short title, commencement, construction and collective citation.

Provision 2· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 8

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.8 Protection of Director, etc., against legal proceedings. PART III Driving Offences

Provision 3· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 10

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.10 Prohibition on driving vehicle while under influence of intoxicant.

Provision 4· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 11

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.11 — An offence under section 56 of this Act. Prohibition on being in charge of vehicle while under influence of intoxicant.

Provision 5· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 14

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.14 Obligation to accompany member to Garda Síochána station, not under arrest, to provide blood or urine specimen.

Provision 6· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 15

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.15 Obligation to provide blood or urine specimen while in hospital.

Provision 7· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 16

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.16 Detention of intoxicated drivers where a danger to selves or others.

Provision 8· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 17

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.17 Procedure following provision of breath specimen under section 13.

Provision 9· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 18

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.18 Procedure regarding taking of specimens of blood and provision of specimens of urine.

Provision 10· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 20

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.20 Provisions regarding certain evidence in prosecutions under sections 49 and 50 of Principal Act.

Provision 11· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 21

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.21 Provisions regarding certain evidence in proceedings under Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1994.

Provision 12· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 22

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.22 Costs of prosecutions under sections 49 and 50 of Principal Act and Part III .

Provision 13· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 23

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.23 Defence to refusal to permit taking of specimen of blood or to provide 2 specimens of breath.

Provision 14· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 24

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.24 Bar to certain defence to charges under sections 49 and 50 of Principal Act. PART IV Driving Licences

Provision 15· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 27

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.27 Amendment of provisions relating to removal of consequential disqualification orders.

Provision 16· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 28

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.28 Provision of particulars of disqualifications to certain persons.

Provision 17· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 29

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.29 Application of provisions of Principal Act to provisional licences. PART V Speed Limits

Provision 18· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 34

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.34 Amendment of section 47 of Principal Act. PART VI Regulation of Traffic

Provision 19· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 40

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.40 Amendment of Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Order, 1958.

Provision 20· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 42

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.42 Power of road authority to provide and maintain certain equipment, etc. on public roads.

Provision 21· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 49

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.49 Minor and consequential amendments. Number 7 of 1994 ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 1994 AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACTS, 1961 TO 1987. [20 th April , 1994] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: PART I Preliminary and General Short title, commencement, construction and collective citation.

Provision 22· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 1

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.1 — An offence by a person under subsection (2) of —(1) This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic Act, 1994. (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 4 to different Acts specified therein and to different provisions of those Acts. (3) The Principal Act, the Act of 1968, the Act of 1984 and the Act of 1987 (in so far as it amends those Acts), shall be construed as one with this Act and may be cited together therewith as the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1994. Interpretation.

Provision 23· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 2

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.2 — An offence by a person under subsection (10) of —(1) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires— “the Act of 1968” means the Road Traffic Act, 1968 ; “the Act of 1978” means the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978 ; “the Act of 1984” means the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1984 ; “the Act of 1987” means the Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act, 1987 ; “the Act of 1993” means the Roads Act, 1993 ; “licensing authority” means the council of a county or the corporation of a county borough; “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act; “the Principal Act” means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ; “reserved function” means— ( a ) in the case of the council of a county or an elective body for the purposes of the County M [...]

Provision 24· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 3

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.3 — An offence by a person under —(1) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of giving full effect to this Act and such regulations may contain such incidental, supplementary, consequential and transitional provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulations. (2) Regulations made under this Act 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. Repeals.

Provision 25· IE, IE_RTA_1994, section 4

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.4 — An offence under —(1) Sections 89, 90, 101 (8), 101A (inserted by the Act of 1987) and 115 (7) of the Principal Act, section 60 of the Act of 1968 and the Act of 1978 are hereby repealed. (2) Regulations, bye-laws and temporary rules made under a provision or enactment referred to in subsection (1) and in force immediately before the commencement of this section shall continue in force and be deemed to be regulations or, as the case may be, bye-laws made under the corresponding provision of this Act, and they shall be capable of being amended or revoked accordingly, and documents issued under or in accordance with any regulations, bye-laws or temporary rules as aforesaid and in force immediately before such commencement shall continue in force for the purposes o [...]