Road Traffic Act, 2002 (No. 12)

Version status: Partly in force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Published date: 10 April 2002

Road Traffic Act, 2002 (No. 12)

	Introductory Text
	Acts Referred to
	1. Interpretation.
	⚠ 2. Endorsement of penalty points.
	3. Disqualification by reason of penalty points.
	4. Period of endorsement of penalty points.
	5. Notification to licence holder of endorsement of penalty points.
	6. Interruption of period of endorsement of penalty points or disqualifications under section 3.
	7. The appropriate date.
	8. Endorsement of certain convictions and disqualifications on entries.
	9. Disqualification pursuant to European Convention on Driving Disqualifications.
	10. Obligation to provide preliminary breath specimen.
	11. Fixed charge offences.
	12. Amendment of Act of 1975.
	13. Protection of environment.
	14. Performance of certain functions.
	15. Bye-laws in relation to stands for taxis.
	16. Stopping places and stands for buses.
	17. Amendment of section 56 of Principal Act.
	18. Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act.
	19. Amendment of section 18 of Act of 1968.
	20. Amendment of section 35 of Act of 1994.
	21. Evidence in relation to certain offences.
	22. Inspection of driving licences of persons charged with certain offences.
	23. Increase of certain penalties.
	24. Regulations.
	25. Repeals and amendment of sections 97(1)(b), 102, 107, 110, 111, 115, 125 and 126 of Principal Act.
	26. Short title, commencement, construction and collective citation.
	First Schedule Penalty Points
	⚠ First Schedule, Part 1 Contravention of Certain Statutory Provisions
	First Schedule, Part 1A
	⚠ First Schedule, Part 2 Contravention of Certain Provisions of Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 2002
	First Schedule, Part 3 Contravention of Certain Provisions of Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963
	⚠ First Schedule, Part 4 Contravention of Certain Provisions of Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations, 1997
	First Schedule, Part 5 Contravention of Article 17 of Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 537 of 2006)
	First Schedule, Part 6 Contravention of Regulation 4 of European Communities (Installation and Use of Speed Limitation Devices in Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2005
	First Schedule, Part 7 Contravention of Certain Provisions of European Communities (Compulsory Use of Safety Belts and Child Restraint Systems in Motor Vehicles) Regulations 2006
	First Schedule, Part 8 Contravention of Regulation 19 of European Communities (Vehicle Testing) Regulations, 2004
	First Schedule, Part 9 Contravention of Certain Provisions of the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 5 of 2003)
	First Schedule, Part 10 Contravention of Certain Provisions of Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 332 of 2012)
	First Schedule, Part 11 Contravention of Regulation 3 of Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 224 of 2000)
	⚠ First Schedule, Part 12 Contravention of Regulation 3 of Road Traffic (Licensing of Trailers and Semi-Trailers) Regulations 1982 (S.I. No. 35 of 1982)
	Second Schedule Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union on Driving Disqualifications done at Luxembourg on the 17th day of June 1998