European Union (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2018

JurisdictionIreland
Year2018
CitationIR SI 270/2018

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th July, 2018.

I, SHANE ROSS, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 42 (2) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 4 of 1961) and section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive No. 2016/1106/EU of 7 July 20161 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as European Union (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2018.

2. In these Regulations—

“Principal Regulations” means the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 537 of 2006 );

“Regulations of 2010” means the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 544 of 2010 ).

3. The Principal Regulations are amended in Part 2 of Schedule 6, as substituted by the Regulations of 2010, by substituting—

(a) for paragraph 4, the following

“Cardiovascular Diseases.

4. (1) Cardiovascular conditions or diseases can lead to a sudden impairment of the cerebral functions that constitutes a danger to road safety. These conditions represent grounds for establishing temporary or permanent restrictions to driving.

(2) For the following cardiovascular conditions, driving licences and learner permits may be issued or renewed for applicants or drivers in the indicated categories, only after the condition has been effectively treated and subject to competent medical authorisation and if appropriate, regular medical assessment:

(a) brady-arrhythmias (sinus node disease and conduction disturbances) and tachy-arrhythmias (supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias) with history of syncope or syncopal episodes due to arrhythmic conditions (applies to categories A, A1, A2, AM, B, B1, BE, C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E);

(b) brady-arrhythmias: sinus node disease and conduction disturbances with second degree atrioventricular (AV) block Mobitz II, third degree AV block or alternating bundle branch block (applies to categories C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E);

(c) tachy-arrhythmias (supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias) with

— structural heart disease and sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) (applies to categories A, A1, A2, AM, B, B1, BE, C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E), or

— polymorphic nonsustained VT, sustained ventricular tachycardia or with an indication for a defibrillator (applies to categories C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E);

(d) symptomatic of angina (applies to categories A, A1, A2, AM, B, B1, BE, C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E);

(e) permanent pacemaker implantation or replacement (applies to categories C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E);

(f) defibrillator implantation or replacement or appropriate or inappropriate defibrillator shock (applies to categories A, A1, A2, AM, B, B1 and BE);

(g) syncope (a transient loss of consciousness and postural tone, characterised by rapid onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery, due to global cerebral hypoperfusion, of presumed reflex origin, of unknown cause, with no evidence of underlying heart disease)(applies to categories A, A1, A2, AM, B, B1, BE, C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E);

(h) acute coronary syndrome (applies to categories A, A1, A2, AM, B, B1, BE, C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E);

(i) stable angina if symptoms do not occur with mild exercise (applies to categories A, A1, A2, AM, B, B1, BE, C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E);

(j) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (applies to categories A, A1, A2, AM, B, B1, BE, C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E);

(k) coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) (applies to categories A, A1, A2, AM...

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