Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012
Powers of CVR inspectors and authorised officers. |
35.— (1) Where a CVR inspector having exercised a power under section 34 , or an authorised officer having exercised a power under section 25 or 31 , forms the opinion that there is a defect affecting a vehicle, or where he or she is prevented from inspecting a vehicle, the inspector or authorised officer may serve on the owner, the driver or the person in charge of the vehicle all or any of the following directions: | |
(a) that the defect be rectified, | ||
(b) that the vehicle not be driven in a public place until the defect has been rectified, | ||
(c) that the vehicle be submitted for CVR testing by a specified date. | ||
(2) A person who— | ||
(a) fails or refuses to comply with, or | ||
(b) directs or induces another person to contravene, | ||
a direction of a CVR inspector or an authorised officer under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class A fine. | ||
(3) A member of the Garda Síochána may arrest without warrant a person who, in the member’s opinion, is committing or has committed an offence under this section. |