Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 (enacted 23 June 2023)

Version status: Amended

Version date: 1 February 2023 - onwards

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 (enacted 23 June 2023)

Enacted Bill, signed into law by the President on the 23rd June 2023.

This format of the bill is taken from the text of stage 1 published on 19 October 2021 by Dáil Éireann

Introduction of this Bill

Bill entitled an Act to confer functions on the Minister for Transport in relation to zero to low emission vehicles and recharging and refuelling infrastructure relating to such vehicles; to amend and extend the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2018; to amend the Roads Act 1920, the Finance Act 1992, the Roads Act 1993, the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975 and the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008; to provide for the effect and validity of certain regulations; and to provide for related matters.

Sponsor
Minister for Transport

Source
Government

Originating House
Dáil Éireann

History of this Bill

Date	Stage	House	Document	Link
14 June 2023	5	Seanad Éireann	Debates	From the Seanad
24 May 2023	4	Seanad Éireann	Bill amendments	Cream List [Seanad amendments to Dáil Bill]
24 May 2023	4	Seanad Éireann	Debates	Report and Final Stages
24 May 2023	4	Seanad Éireann	Bill amendments	Numbered List [Seanad]
1 February 2023	3	Seanad Éireann	Bills	Administrative Reprint - As amended in Committee [Seanad Éireann]
1 February 2023	3	Seanad Éireann	Debates	Committee Stage
1 February 2023	3	Seanad Éireann	Bill amendments	Numbered List [Seanad]
6 October 2022	2	Seanad Éireann	Debates	Second Stage
22 September 2022	5	Dáil Éireann	Bills	As passed by Dáil Éireann
21 September 2022	5	Dáil Éireann	Debates	Report and Final Stages
16 September 2022	4	Dáil Éireann	Bill amendments	Numbered List [Dáil]
22 June 2022	3	Dáil Éireann	Bills	As amended in Committee/Select Committee (Dáil Eireann)
22 June 2022	3	Dáil Éireann	Debates	Committee Stage
21 June 2022	3	Dáil Éireann	Bill amendments	Numbered List [Dáil]
18 November 2021	2	Dáil Éireann	Debates	Referral to Select Committee
18 November 2021	2	Dáil Éireann	Debates	Second Stage (Resumed)
18 November 2021	2	Dáil Éireann	Debates	Second Stage (Resumed)
17 November 2021	2	Dáil Éireann	Debates	Second Stage (Resumed)
11 November 2021	2	Dáil Éireann	Debates	Second Stage (Resumed)
11 November 2021	2	Dáil Éireann	Debates	Second Stage (Resumed)
10 November 2021	2	Dáil Éireann	Debates	Second Stage
19 October 2021	1	Dáil Éireann	Explanatory memoranda	Explanatory Memorandum
19 October 2021	1	Dáil Éireann	Bills	As Initiated

This format of the bill is taken from the text of stage 1 published on 19 October 2021 by Dáil Éireann

	Introductory Text
	Acts Referred to
	Part 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-2)
	1. Short title, commencement, collective citations and construction
	2. Interpretation
	Part 2 Construction of references to Driving Licence Categories (s. 3)
	3. Driving Licence Categories
	Part 3 Information to be provided with application for Vehicle Licence (s. 4)
	4. Amendment of Roads Act 1920
	Part 4 Amendment of Act of 1961 (s. 5)
	5. Amendment of Act of 1961
	Part 5 Driving Instruction (s. 6)
	6. Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1968
	Part 6 Amendment of Act of 1975 (ss. 7-10)
	7. Fixed charge offences
	8. Insertion of new sections 3A to 3H in Act of 1975
	9. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1975
	10. Amendment of section 5 of Act of 1975
	Part 7 Amendment of Act of 1994 (s. 11)
	11. Amendment of Act of 1994
	Part 8 Amendment of Act of 2002 (s. 12)
	12. Amendment of Act of 2002
	Part 9 Amendment of Act of 2010 (s. 13)
	13. Amendment of section 9 of Act of 2004
	13. Amendment of Act of 2010
	Part 10 Amendment of Act of 2014 (s. 14)
	14. Amendment of Act of 2014
	Part 11 Amendment of Act of 2016 (s. 15)
	15. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2016
	Part 12 Powered Personal Transporters and Pedal Cycles (ss. 16-41)
	16. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1961
	17. Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1961
	18. Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1961
	19. Amendment of section 47 of Act of 1961
	20. Amendment of section 48 of Act of 1961
	21. Amendment of section 54 of Act of 1961
	22. Amendment of section 99 of Act of 1961
	23. Driver of powered personal transporter holding on to other vehicle
	24. Amendment of section 107 of Act of 1961
	25. Amendment of section 108 of Act of 1961
	26. Amendment of section 110 of Act of 1961
	27. Amendment of section 112 of Act of 1961
	28. Amendment of section 113 of Act of 1961
	29. Amendment of Second Schedule to Act of 1961
	30. Amendment of section 35 of Act of 1994
	31. Amendment of section 38 of Act of 1994
	32. Amendment of section 41 of Act of 1994
	33. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2004
	33. Amendment of section 9 of Act of 2004
	34. Amendment of section 3 of Road Traffic Act 2006
	34. Supply of powered personal transporter to person under 16 years of age
	35. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 2010
	36. Amendment of section 130 of Finance Act 1992
	37. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1993 - personal powered transporter
	38. Amendment of section 43 of Act of 1993
	39. Amendment of section 44 of Act of 1993
	40. Amendment of section 57 of Act of 1993
	41. Amendment of section 68 of Act of 1993
	Part 13 Roads and Public Transport Infrastructure (ss. 42-47)
	42. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1993
	43. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1993
	44. Amendment of section 19 of Act of 1993
	45. Power of An Bord Pleanála to approve scheme or proposed road development that contravenes materially any plan
	46. Use of cameras on roads to obtain data
	47. Amendment of section 44 of Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008
	Part 14 Management of Certain Roads and Speed Limits (ss. 48-56)
	48. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1993 - national managed road
	49. National managed road
	50. Amendment of section 47 of Act of 1961
	51. Amendment of section 95 of Act of 1961
	52. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2004
	53. Amendment of section 9 of Act of 2004
	54. Special speed limits on national managed roads
	55. Speed limits at road works on roads other than national managed roads
	56. Amendment of Act of 2004 in relation to national managed roads
	Part 15 Amendment of Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 (s. 57)
	57. Amendment of Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952
	Part 15 Miscellaneous (ss. 58-59)
	58. Functions of Minister in relation to zero to low emission vehicles
	59. Effect and validity of certain regulations