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Version date: 25 December 2014 - onwards
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8. Amendment of Act of 2002 - endorsement of penalty points

The Act of 2002 is amended -

(a) in section 1(1) -

(i) by inserting after the definition of "entry" the following:

"'Irish licence' means an Irish driving licence or a learner permit granted under Part III of the Principal Act;",

and

(ii) by substituting for the definition of "licence" the following:

"'licence' means an Irish licence or a foreign driving licence, as the case may be;",

(b) in section 2 -

(i) [deleted]

(ii) by substituting for subsection (7) the following:

"(7) If an entry in relation to a person cannot be identified or does not exist at a time when, if there were such an entry, penalty points would fall to be endorsed on it pursuant to subsection (5) or (6) (c), and subsequently such an entry is identified or made, thereupon, the points shall be so endorsed.",

(c) in section 3, by substituting for subsection (1) the following:

"(1) Where penalty points are endorsed on the entry of a person and, in consequence, the total number of penalty points standing so endorsed -