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Updated to 24 March 2025 (Act No. 1 of 2025 and S.I. No. 88 of 2025)

Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023
No. 16 of 2023

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Ss. 1, 2 17 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 364 of 2023), art. 2(a)
S. 3 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(a)
S. 4 27 March 2025 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 53 of 2025), art. 2(a)
S. 5(a)(i) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(a)(ii) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(a)(iii) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(i)
S. 5(b) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(ii)
S. 5(c) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(d), (e) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(ii)
S. 5(f) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(g) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(ii)
S. 5(h) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(i) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(ii)
S. 5(j) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(k) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(ii)
S. 5(l) insofar as it relates to s. 56A(1)(a)-(c) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iii)(I)
S. 5(l) insofar as it relates to s. 56A(1)(d) 31 March 2025 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 4) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 615 of 2024), art. 2(a)
S. 5(l) insofar as it relates to s. 56A(2)-(6) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iii)
S. 5(l)  insofar as it relates to s. 56A(7)(a), (b) 31 March 2025 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 4) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 615 of 2024), art. 2(a)
S. 5(l)  insofar as it relates to s. 56A(7)(c) 30 November 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 585 of 2023), art. 2(a)
S. 5(l)  insofar as it relates to s. 56A(8)-(10) 30 November 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 585 of 2023), art. 2(b)
S. 5(l) insofar as it relates to s. 56A(11)-(15) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iii)(II)
S. 5(l) insofar as it relates to s. 56B 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iii)
S. 5(m), (n) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iii)
S. 5(o) insofar as it relates to s. 78A(1), (2)(a)-(e) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iv)
S. 5(o) insofar as it relates to s. 78A(2)(f) 31 March 2025 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 4) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 615 of 2024), art. 2(b)
S. 5(o) insofar as it relates to s. 78A(3)-(8) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iv)
S. 5(o) insofar as it relates to s. 78A(9)(a), (b), (d), (e) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iv)
S. 5(o) insofar as it relates to s. 78A(9)(c) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(o) insofar as it relates to s. 78A(9)(d), (e) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iv)
S. 5(o) insofar as it relates to s. 78A(10)-(12) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(iv)
S. 5(p), (q) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(b)(v)
Ss. 6-10 Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 11(a) 27 March 2025 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 53 of 2025), art. 2(b)
S. 11(b) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(c)
S. 11(c) 27 March 2025 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 53 of 2025), art. 2(b)
S. 12 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(d)
S. 13(a), (b) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(e)
S. 13(c)-(e) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 13(f) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(e)
S. 13(g) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 13(h) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(e)
S. 13(i) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 13(j) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(e)
S. 13(k)-(p) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 13(q), (r) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(e)
S. 14(a) 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(f)
S. 14(b) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 14(c) 1 October 2024 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 497 of 2024), art. 2
S. 15 1 October 2024 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 293 of 2024), art. 2
Ss. 16-41 20 May 2024 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 197 of 2024), art. 2
S. 42(a)-(c) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 42(d) 17 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 364 of 2023), art. 2(b)
S. 43 17 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 364 of 2023), art. 2(c)
S. 44 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(g)
S. 45 17 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 364 of 2023), art. 2(c)
S. 46 Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 47 17 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 364 of 2023), art. 2(c)
S. 48-56 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(h)
S. 57 Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
Ss. 58, 59 31 July 2023 Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 392 of 2023), art. 2(i)

Amendments and other effects

How Affected Affecting Provision Affecting Provision
Commencement Date		 Commencement Source
Functions transferred and references construed (Mayor of Limerick) 7/2024, ss. 1(3), 10 & sch. 1 parts 1, 2 16 May 2024 Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 207 of 2024), art. 2(b)
S. 16 amended Road Traffic Act 2024 (10/2024), ss. 1(2), 22(a) 20 May 2024 Road Traffic Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 198 of 2024), art. 2(b)
S. 16(e), (g) deleted Road Traffic Act 2024 (10/2024), ss. 1(2), 22(b) 20 May 2024 Road Traffic Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 198 of 2024), art. 2(b)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
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