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Version status: Amended
Version date: 1 February 2023 - onwards
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51. Amendment of section 95 of Act of 1961

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

Section 95 of the Act of 1961 is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) -

(i) by the insertion of the following definition before the definition of "road regulation":

"'national road' and 'national managed road' each has the same meaning as it has in the Roads Act 1993.",

(ii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "provide": "'provide' includes erect or place, maintain and (in the case of a device or an instrument for giving or displaying signals) operate or put into operation and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;",

and

(iii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "traffic sign":

"'traffic sign' means any sign, device, notice or road marking, or any instrument for giving or displaying signals by mechanical, electronic, electromechanical or other means, which does one or more of the following in relation to a public road or public roads:

(a) gives information (such a sign being referred to in this section as 'an information sign'),

(b) warns persons of danger or advises persons of the precautions to be taken against such danger, or both (such a sign being referred to in this section as 'a warning sign'),