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Number 16 of 2012
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ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY (COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ROADWORTHINESS) ACT 2012
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction.
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2. Definitions.
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3. Regulations.
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PART 2
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Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness
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Chapter 1
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Mandatory roadworthiness testing and certificate of roadworthiness
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4. Mandatory roadworthiness testing of certain vehicles.
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5. Certificate of roadworthiness.
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6. Offence of using CVR vehicle without certificate of roadworthiness.
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7. Power to require production of certificate of roadworthiness.
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8. Production of certificate of roadworthiness when licensing mechanically propelled vehicle under section 1 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952.
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Chapter 2
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CVR test operators and CVR testers
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9. CVR test operators.
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10. Transitional provision — authorised testers under Regulations of 2004.
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11. Requirements for issue, amendment and renewal of authorisation as CVR test operator.
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12. Fit and proper person.
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13. Offer of authorisation or amended authorisation as CVR test operator.
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14. Amendment of authorisation.
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15. Renewal of authorisation as CVR test operator.
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16. Applications for authorisation and amendment or renewal of authorisation as CVR test operator.
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17. CVR testers.
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18. Suspension of authorisation.
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19. Revocation of authorisation.
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20. Notice of revocation.
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21. Deciding officers.
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22. Appeals from decision of deciding officer.
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23. Offence of purporting to be CVR test operator or CVR tester while not so authorised.
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24. Authorised officers.
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25. Powers of authorised officers — CVR testing.
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26. Entry warrant.
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27. Form of direction.
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28. CVR information system and CVR records.
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29. Register of CVR test operators.
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Chapter 3
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Commercial vehicle roadworthiness maintenance
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30. Maintenance of CVR vehicles.
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31. Powers of authorised officers — CVR maintenance.
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Chapter 4
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Roadside roadworthiness inspections
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32. Roadside roadworthiness inspections.
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33. Appointment of CVR inspectors.
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34. Powers of CVR inspector.
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35. Powers of CVR inspectors and authorised officers.
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Chapter 5
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Detention of vehicles, etc. by authorised officers and CVR inspectors
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36. Detention of vehicles, etc., by authorised officers and CVR inspectors.
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Chapter 6
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Road Safety Authority
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37. Conferral of functions on Authority.
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38. Guidelines.
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39. Risk rating system.
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40. Directions, notices and notifications.
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Chapter 7
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Proceedings
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41. Certain penalties and prosecutions.
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42. Offence by body corporate.
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Chapter 8
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Miscellaneous amendments
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43. Amendment of Second Schedule to Act of 1961 — consequential disqualification.
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44. Amendment of Road Traffic Act 2002 — penalty points.
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45. Amendment of section 41 of Road Traffic Act 1994 — detention of vehicles.
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46. Amendment of Act of 1961 — driving of dangerously defective vehicle.
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47. Amendment of Act of 1961 — right to demand name and address, etc.
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48. Amendment of Act of 2010.
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PART 3
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Driver Licensing
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49. Amendment of section 4 of Road Safety Authority Act 2006.
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50. Amendment of Part III of Act of 1961 — licensing authority.
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51. Repeal of section 37 of Act of 1961.
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52. Amendment of Road Traffic Act 2002.
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53. Amendment of section 5 of Act of 2006.
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54. Amendment of Act of 2010.
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55. Amendment of section 18 of Finance (No. 2) Act 1992.
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56. Amendment of Finance Act 1993.
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Acts Referred to
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Companies Acts
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Consumer Credit Act 1995
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1995, No. 24
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Criminal Justice Act 1994
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1994, No. 15
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Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010
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2010, No. 6
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Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001
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2001, No. 50
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Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008
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2008, No. 8
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Finance Act 1993
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1993, No. 13
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Finance Act 1994
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1994, No. 13
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Finance Act 2002
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2002, No. 5
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Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952
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1952, No. 24
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Finance (No. 2) Act 1992
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1992, No. 28
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Firearms Acts 1925 to 2009
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Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000
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2000, No. 29
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Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997
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1997, No. 29
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Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Act 2003
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2003, No. 5
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Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997
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1997, No. 26
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Road Safety Authority Act 2006
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2006, No. 14
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Road Traffic Act 1961
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1961, No. 24
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Road Traffic Act 1968
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1968, No. 25
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Road Traffic Act 1994
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1994, No.7
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Road Traffic Act 2002
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2002, No. 12
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Road Traffic Act 2006
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2006, No. 23
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Road Traffic Act 2010
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2010, No. 25
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Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011
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Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011
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2011, No. 28
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Road Transport Act 2011
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2011, No. 31
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Roads Act 1993
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1993, No. 14
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Roads Act 2007
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2007, No. 34
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Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Acts 2005 and 2010
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Sex Offenders Act 2001
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2001, No. 18
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Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
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1997, No. 39
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Number 16 of 2012
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ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY (COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ROADWORTHINESS)ACT 2012
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A SYSTEM TO ENSURE THE ROADWORTHINESS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONFERRAL OF FUNCTIONS ON THE ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY IN RELATION TO SUCH SYSTEM, TO GIVE FURTHER EFFECT TO DIRECTIVE 2006/22/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 15 MARCH 2006 IN RELATION TO THE INTRODUCTION OF A RISK RATING SYSTEM, TO AMEND THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACTS 1961 TO 2011 AND, IN RELATION TO DRIVER LICENSING, CERTAIN OTHER ENACTMENTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
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[30th May, 2012]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
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