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Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978
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Amendment of Second Schedule to Principal Act.

24.—The Second Schedule to the Principal Act, which specifies offences involving consequential disqualification orders under that Act, is amended—

(a) by the substitution for paragraph 4A (inserted by the Act of 1968) of the following—

“Refusal or failure to provide specimen at Garda station.

4A. An offence under section 13 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978.”,

(b) by the insertion in paragraph 5 (inserted by the Act of 1968) after “1968,” of “or section 13 or 14 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978,”,

(c) by the substitution for paragraph 5A (inserted by the Act of 1968) of the following:

“Refusal or failure to provide specimen at Garda station (section 50).

5A. An offence under section 14 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978, being a second or any subsequent offence within any period of 3 years: provided that, where a person who has previously been convicted of an offence under section 49 or 50 of this Act, or section 30 (3) or 33 (3) of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 , or section 13 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978, is convicted of an offence under section 14 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978, the first-mentioned conviction shall, for the purpose of this paragraph, be regarded as a conviction under section 14 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978.”, and

(d) by the insertion after paragraph 5B (inserted by the Act of 1968) of the following:—

“Obligation to provide breath specimen.

5C. An offence under section 15 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978.

Procedure following provision of specimen under section 15 of Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978.

5D. An offence under section 16 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978.

Obligation to provide urine specimen at Garda station.

5E. An offence under section 17 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978.”.