ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2014

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 3/2014
• Year: 2014

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Number 3 of 2014

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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 27 October 2022

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of Road Traffic Act 2014. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 (33/2022), enacted 24 October 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Road Traffic Act 2010 (Part 3) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 526 of 2022), made 19 October 2022, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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Number 3 of 2014

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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 27 October 2022

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2022: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (19/2022), s. 1(2)). The Acts in the group are:

• Road Traffic Act 1961 (24/1961)

• Road Traffic Act 1968 (25/1968)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1984 (16/1984)

• Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act 1987 (34/1987), insofar as it amends the Road Traffic Act 1961, Road Traffic Act 1968 and the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1984

• Road Traffic Act 1994 (7/1994)

• Road Traffic Act 2002 (12/2002)

• Road Traffic Act 2004 (44/2004), other than Part 6

• Railway Safety Act 2005 (31/2005), Part 17

• Road Traffic Act 2006 (23/2006), other than s. 21

• Roads Act 2007 (34/2007), s. 12

• Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010)

• Road Traffic Act 2011 (7/2011)

• Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011 (28/2011)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013), Part 11

• Road Traffic Act 2014 (3/2014)

• Road Traffic Act (No. 2) 2014 (39/2014)

• Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 (13/2015), Part 5

• Road Traffic Act 2016 (21/2016)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 (18/2018)

• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (19/2022), Part 7 (ss. 46, 47)

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Road Traffic Act 1995 (7/1995)

• Road Traffic Act 2003 (37/2003)

• Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 (28/2006), s.1

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Road Traffic Act 2016 (21/2016)

• Road Traffic Act (No. 2) 2014 (39/2014)

All Acts up to and including Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 (33/2022), enacted 24 October 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Road Traffic Act 2010 (Part 3) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 526 of 2022)

• Road Traffic Act 2014 (Section 6(b) and (c)) (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 252 of 2015)

• Road Traffic Act 2014 (Section 10 (a) to (e) and (h)) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 562 of 2014)

• Road Traffic (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 559 of 2014)

• Road Traffic Act 2010 (Impairment Testing) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 536 of 2014)

• Road Traffic Act 2014 (Sections 12 and 13) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 535 of 2014)

• Road Traffic Act 2014 (Sections 1 and 2) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 382 of 2014)

• Road Traffic Act 2014 (Section 10(a) and (f)) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 345 of 2014)

• Road Traffic Act 2014 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 147 of 2014)

All statutory instruments up to and including Road Traffic Act 2010 (Part 3) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 526 of 2022), made 19 October 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 3 of 2014

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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 27 October 2022

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Acts Referred to

Fire Services Act 1981	(No. 30)
Probation of Offenders Act 1907	(7 Edw. 7, c. 17)
Public Transport Regulation Act 2009	(No. 37)
Railway Safety Act 2005	(No. 31)
Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012	(No. 16)
Road Safety Authority Act 2006	(No. 14)
Road Safety Authority Act 2006	(No. 28)
Road Traffic Act 1961	(No. 24)
Road Traffic Act 2002	(No. 12)
Road Traffic Act 2006	(No. 23)
Road Traffic Act 2010	(No. 25)
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2010
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011
Road Transport Act 2011	(No. 31)

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Number 3 of 2014

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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 27 October 2022

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An Act to amend and extend the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011, to amend section 20 of the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, section 16 of the Road Transport Act 2011 and the Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012 and to provide for related matters.

[25 th February, 2014]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

PART 1

Preliminary and General

1.

Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 2014.

(2) This Act comes into operation on such day or days as the Minister 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 or different provisions.

(3) This Act and the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011 may be cited together as the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014 and shall be read together as one.

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

E1

Power pursuant to section exercised (22.06.2015) by Road Traffic Act 2014 (Section 6(b) and (c)) (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 252 of 2015).

2. The day appointed as the day on which paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 6 of the Road Traffic Act 2014 (No. 3 of 2014) come into operation is 22 June 2015.

E2

Power pursuant to section exercised (8.12.2014) by Road Traffic Act 2014 (Section 10 (a) to (e) and (h)) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 562 of 2014).

2. The day fixed as the day on which—

(a) paragraph (a)(i)(I) and (III),

(b) paragraphs (b) to (e) (other than subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c)), and

(c) paragraph (h),

of section 10 of the Road Traffic Act 2014 (No. 3 of 2014) come into operation is 8 December 2014.

E3

Power pursuant to section exercised (26.11.2014) by Road Traffic Act 2010 (Impairment Testing) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 536 of 2014).

2. The day fixed as the day on which—

(a) section 11 of the Road Traffic Act 2014 (No. 3 of 2014),

(b) section 11 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010), and

(c) section 13 (b)(i) of the Road Traffic Act 2014,

come into operation is 26 November 2014.

E4

Power pursuant to section exercised (26.11.2014) by Road Traffic Act 2014 (Sections 12 and 13) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 535 of 2014).

2. The day appointed as the day on which section 12 and paragraphs (a) and (b)(ii) of section 13 of the Road Traffic Act 2014 (No. 3 of 2014) come into operation is 26 November 2014.

E5

Power pursuant to section exercised (8.08.2014) by Road Traffic Act 2014 (Sections 1 and 2) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 382 of 2014).

2. The day fixed as the day on which sections 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2014 (No. 3 of 2014) come into operation is 8 August 2014.

E6

Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.2014) by Road Traffic Act 2014 (Section 10(a) and (f)) (Commencement) Order 2014(S.I. No. 345 of 2014).

2. The day appointed as the day on which—

(a) paragraph (a)(i)(II) and (IV),

(b) paragraph (a)(ii), and

(c) paragraph (f),

of section 10 of the Road Traffic Act 2014 (No. 3 of 2014) come into operation is 1 August 2014.

E7

Power pursuant to section exercised (20.03.2014 and 1.08.2014) by Road Traffic Act 2014 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 147 of 2014); s. 8 of the Road Traffic Act 2014 (3/2014) deemed never to have come into operation (25.12.2014) by Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2014 (39/2014), s. 3(1), commenced on enactment.

2. The day fixed as the...