Road Traffic Act, 1933

Discharge of special disqualification orders.

34.—(1) Any person in respect of whom a special disqualification order has been made may, at any time and (save as is hereinafter mentioned) from time to time after the expiration of three months from the date of such order and before the expiration of the period of disqualification specified in such order, apply to a Justice of the District Court having jurisdiction in the place where such person ordinarily resides for the discharge of such order and such Justice may, as he shall think proper having regard to all the circumstances of the case, either refuse such application or make an order discharging such special disqualification order as from such date as he shall think proper and shall specify in such order.

(2) Whenever an order is made under this section discharging a special disqualification order the period of disqualification specified in such special disqualification order shall for all purposes be deemed to expire on the date specified in such first-mentioned order for the discharge of such special disqualification order.

(3) When an application under this section for the discharge of a special disqualification order has been made and refused no application shall be made under this section for the discharge of the same special disqualification order within three months after such refusal.

(4) No order shall be made under this section discharging a special disqualification order unless not less than ten days previous notice in writing of the application for such order has been given to the superintendent of the Gárda Síochána for thedistrict in which the person making such application ordinarily resides.