Number 25 of 1968
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 1961, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF ROAD TRAFFIC AND THE USE OF MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLES AND VEHICLES DRAWN BY SUCH VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ASCERTAINMENT BY TESTS OF THE CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL IN THE BLOOD OF PERSONS IN CHARGE OF MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLES AND FOR OFFENCES BY SUCH PERSONS, TO MAKE PROVISIONS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE ROADWORTHINESS OF VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT, TO AUTHORISE CERTAIN CHARGES AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID.
[16th July, 1968]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: