Road Transport Act, 1934

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 17/1934
• Year: 1934

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Number 17 of 1934

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ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1934

REVISED

Updated to 28 May 2019

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Road Transport Act 1934. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the 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 Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, and all statutory instruments up to and including European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 243 of 2019), made 28 May 2019, 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 17 of 1934

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ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1934

REVISED

Updated to 28 May 2019

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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

Although not included in a collective citation, this Act is one of a group of Acts which deal with the same subject matter:

• Road Transport Act 1933 (8/1933)

• Road Transport Act 1934 (17/1934)

• Road Transport Act 1935 (23/1935)

• Transport Act 1944 (21/1944), Part VII

• Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1955 (21/1955)

• Transport (No. 2) Act 1959 (40/1959)

• Transport Act 1958 (19/1958)

• Road Transport Act 1971 (8/1971)

• Road Transport Act 1978 (8/1978)

• Road Transport Act 1986 (16/1986)

• Road Transport Act 1999 (15/1999)

• Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 (28/2006)

• Road Transport Act 2011 (31/2011)

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Road Transport Act 1932 (2/1932)

• Road Transport Act 1956 (13/1956)

The definitions in the Road Transport Act 1933 are applied by the Road Transport Acts 1934 and 1935 (s. 1(2) of each Act). The following Acts are to be construed together as one with the Road Transport Act 1933:

• Transport Act 1944 (21/1944), Part VII (s. 111(2))

• Road Transport Act 1971 (8/1971) (s. 12(2))

• Road Transport Act 1978 (8/1978) (s. 11(2))

• Road Transport Act 1986 (16/1986) (s. 22(2))

• Road Transport Act 1999 (15/1999) (other than ss. 17, 18 and 21) (s. 25(2))

• Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 (28/2006) (s. 2 only) (s. 2(10))

• Road Transport Act 2011 (31/2011) (s. 23(2))

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 Transport Act 1986 (16/1986)

• Transport (No. 2) Act 1959 (40/1959)

• Transport Act 1944 (21/1944)

• Road Transport Act 1935 (23/1935)

• Road Transport Act 1933 (8/1933)

All Acts up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011)

All statutory instruments up to and including European Communities (Sheep Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 243 of 2019), made 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 17 of 1934.

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ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1934.

REVISED

Updated to 28 May 2019

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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Acts Referred to
Road Transport Act, 1933	No. 8 of 1933
Road Transport (No. 2) Act, 1933	No. 39 of 1933

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Number 17 of 1934.

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ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1934.

REVISED

Updated to 28 May 2019

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AN ACT TO AMEND THE ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1933. [18th May, 1934.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

Application of Act restricted (21.09.2011) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), regs. 1(3), 42(22), sch. 2.

42.— ...

(22) Notwithstanding any provision of any statute listed in the Second Schedule that provides for the consent for a plan or project to which this Regulation applies to be obtained by default on the failure of the public authority to provide a response within a specified timescale or otherwise, that provision shall not have effect in respect of any plan or project to which this Regulation applies.

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SECOND SCHEDULE

Number	Year	Short Title/Citation
... 17 ...	... 1934 ...	... Road Transport Act, 1934 ...

Editorial Notes:

E1

Previous affecting provision: application of Act extended (8.12.1944) by Transport Act 1944 (21/1944), s. 114(6), commenced on enactment; repealed (31.10.2005) by Road Transport Act 1999 (15/1999), s. 23 and sch., S.I. No. 683 of 2005.

Definitions.

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1.—(1) In this Act—

the expression “the Principal Act” means the Road Transport Act, 1933 (No. 8 of 1933);

the expression “duly licensed” means duly licensed in Saorstát Eireann under section 13 of the Finance Act, 1920, as amended by subsequent enactments.

(2) Every word and expression to which a particular meaning is given by the Principal Act for the purposes of that Act has in this Act the meaning so given to it.

Carriage for reward.

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2.—F1[…]

Annotations

Amendments:

F1

Repealed (20.06.1935) by Road Transport Act 1935 (23/1935), s. 2(2), commenced on enactment.

“Lorry.”

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3.—A mechanically propelled vehicle shall be deemed to be a lorry within the meaning of the Principal Act, where the following conditions are complied with, that is to say:—

(a) such vehicle is constructed and designed for the carriage of passengers;

(b) such vehicle has sitting accommodation for not more than six passengers (excluding the driver);

(c) such vehicle is for the time being used for the carriage of newspapers for reward.

“Registration Book.”

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4.—The definition of the expression “registration book”contained in section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the...