Road Traffic (Courses of Instruction) (Cars) Regulations, 2011

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2011
• Citation: IR SI 172/2011

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 12th April, 2011.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 18 of the Road Traffic Act 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2002 )) hereby make the following regulations:

PART 1 Preliminary and General

Citation and commencement

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Courses of Instruction) (Cars) Regulations 2011.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 4 April 2011.

Definitions

2. (1) In these Regulations—

“Authority” means Road Safety Authority;

“code 73” has the meaning assigned to it in Regulation 32 of the Regulations of 2006;

“car” means a vehicle in category B;

“category B” means a vehicle in category B as set out in the Table to Regulation 6 of the Regulations of 2006;

“courses of instruction” means a course of instruction given by a driving instructor to a learner driver;

“driving instructor” means a person whose name is entered in the Register in respect of driving licence category B;

“Essential Driver Training for Car Drivers” has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 4 of the Regulations of 2011;

“Register” means the Register of Approved Driving Instructors established under Part 3 of the Regulations of 2009;

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

“Regulations of 2009” means Road Traffic (Driving Instructor Licensing) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 203 of 2009 );

“Regulations of 2011” means Road Traffic (Courses of Instruction) (Learner Permit Holders) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. _ _ of 2011).

Vehicle Standards

3. (1) Where a driving instructor provides a vehicle to be used in a course of instruction, the instructor shall ensure the vehicle complies with the minimum vehicle standards as applies to vehicles first registered on or after 1 January 2004 specified in Schedule 5 to the Regulations of 2006.

(2) A driving instructor shall not provide a course of instruction in a vehicle unless a vehicle insurer has issued a certificate of insurance in respect of the vehicle for the purposes of carrying out courses of instruction.

(3) This Regulation is a penal regulation.

Logbooks

4. (1) Logbooks for the purposes of Essential Driver Training for Car Drivers shall be made available for driving instructors by the Authority.

(2) A driving instructor where satisfied that a person who holds a learner permit for category B, other than where code 73 is denoted on it, has completed a lesson shall complete, sign and stamp the relevant pages of the person’s logbook.

(3) A driving instructor shall—

(a) check...