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Version status: Amended
Version date: 1 February 2023 - onwards
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34. Amendment of section 3 of Road Traffic Act 2006

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

Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 is amended -

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of ", or a powered personal transporter," after "mechanically propelled vehicle",

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4) -

"(4A) The Minister may, to avoid the impairment of, or interference with, the driving capacity or capabilities of a driver of a powered personal transporter, make regulations in relation to the restriction or prohibition while driving a powered personal transporter in a public place of the use of -

(a) a mobile phone (other than in the circumstances referred to in subsection (1)),

(b) information equipment, or

(c) entertainment equipment.",

(c) in subsection (5) -

(i) by the substitution of "subsection (4) or (4A)" for "subsection (4)", and

(ii) by the insertion of "or transporters" after "vehicles",

(d) in subsection (6), by the substitution of "subsection (4) or (4A)" for "subsection (4)", and