Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act, 1987
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Amendment of section 82 of Road Traffic Act, 1961. |
7.—Section 82 of the Act of 1961 is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (9) (inserted by the Road Traffic Act, 1968 ): | |
“(9) (a) If a person refuses or omits to pay to the owner, driver or conductor of a public service vehicle a sum payable by the person to such owner, driver or conductor, as the case may be, in respect of the hire of, or the fare for the person's carriage in, the vehicle, the person shall, if so requested by such owner, driver or conductor, as the case may be, give him his name and address. | ||
(b) Where a person refuses or fails to comply with a request under paragraph (a) of this subsection or, following such a request, gives a name or address that the owner, driver or conductor concerned has reasonable grounds for believing to be false or misleading, the owner, driver or conductor, as the case may be, aforesaid may detain the person until the arrival of a member of the Garda Síochána. | ||
(c) A member of the Garda Síochána may request— | ||
(i) a person who has refused or failed to comply with a request under paragraph (a) of this subsection, | ||
(ii) a person who, following a request under that paragraph, has given to the owner, driver or conductor concerned a name or address that the latter has reasonable grounds for believing to be false or misleading, | ||
or | ||
(iii) a person detained pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection, | ||
to give to the member his name and address and, if the person refuses or fails to give his name and address or gives a name or address that the member has reasonable grounds for believing to be false or misleading, the member may arrest the person without warrant and, if the person has refused or failed to give his name and address or has given a name or address that is false or misleading, the person shall be guilty of an offence.”. |