Road Traffic Act 2024

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2024
• Citation: IR No. 10/2024

Road Traffic Act 2024

2024 10

An Act to amend the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2023 and to provide for related matters.

[17 April 2024]

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1 Short title, commencement and collective citation

(1) This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 2024.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Transport may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes and different provisions.

(3) The Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2023 and this Act may be cited together as the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2024 and shall be construed together as one.

2 Definitions

2. In this Act—

“Act of 1961” means the Road Traffic Act 1961;

“Act of 2002” means the Road Traffic Act 2002;

“Act of 2004” means the Road Traffic Act 2004;

“Act of 2010” means the Road Traffic Act 2010;

“Act of 2023” means the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023.

3 Endorsement of penalty points in respect of offences alleged to have been committed on same occasion

(1) Section 2 of the Act of 2002 is amended—

(a)

by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(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, 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 irrespective of whether or not the person—

(a) committed more than one penalty point offence on a single occasion, or

(b) made one or more payments referred to in subsection (1) in respect of penalty point offences alleged to have been committed on the same occasion as the penalty point offence of which the person is convicted.”,

(b)

by the repeal of subsection (3),

(c)

by the insertion of the following subsections:

“(3A) Where a person, whether on the same occasion or not, makes 3 or more payments referred to in subsection (1) in respect of alleged penalty point offences committed on the same occasion, penalty points in respect of 2 only of the alleged offences, determined, where appropriate, in accordance with subsection (4A), shall together be endorsed on the entry relating to the person.

(4A) In a case referred to in subsection (3A), if the number of penalty points falling (but for that subsection) to be endorsed on the entry concerned in respect of one or more of the alleged offences concerned differs from that or those in respect of the others, the 2 numbers which are biggest shall together be endorsed on the entry.”,

(d)

by the repeal of subsection (4),

(e)

in subsection (5), by the substitution of “subsections (3A), (4A), (7) and (8)” for “subsections (3), (7) and (8)”, and

(f)

in subsection (6), by the substitution of “subsections (7) and (8)” for “subsections (3), (7) and (8)”.

(2) Notwithstanding the amendment of subsection (2), and the repeal of subsections (3) and (4), of section 2 of the Act of 2002 by subsection (1), where a person—

(a)

makes 2 or more payments referred to in section 2(1) of the Act of 2002 in respect of penalty point offences,

(b)

is convicted of 2 or more penalty point offences within the meaning of that Act, or

(c)

makes one or more payments referred to in section 2(1) of the Act of 2002 in respect of penalty point offences and is convicted of one or more penalty point offences within the meaning of that Act,

committed, or alleged to have been committed, prior to the commencement of subsection (1) and on the same occasion—

(i)

any penalty points to be endorsed in accordance with section 2 of the Act of 2002 shall be so endorsed as if—

(I) subsection (2) of that section had not been amended bysubsection (1)(a),

(II) subsection (3) of that section had not been repealed bysubsection (1)(b), and

(III) subsection (4) of that section had not been repealed bysubsection (1)(d),

and

(ii)

subsections (3A) and (4A) (inserted bysubsection (1)(c)) of that section shall not apply.

4 Additional amendment of section 2 of Act of 2002

(1) Section 2 of the Act of 2002 is amended—

(a)

in subsection (8), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (8A), where,” for “Where,”, and

(b)

by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8):

“(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.”.

(2) The amendment of section 2 of the Act of 2002 by subsection (1) shall apply in respect of an ancillary disqualification order made upon conviction of a person of a penalty point offence committed by the person on or after the commencement of subsection (1).

5 Amendment of section 47 of Act of 1961

5. Section 47(3) of the Act of 1961 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) the regional roads speed limit,”,

(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):

“(ca) the local roads speed limit,”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d):

“(da) the national primary roads speed limit,”.

6 Amendment of section 5 of Act of 2004

(1) of the Act of 2004 is amended by the substitution of “30 kilometres per hour” for “50 kilometres per hour”.

7 Amendment of section 6 of Act of 2004

7. The Act of 2004 is amended by the substitution of the following section...