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Updated to 9 July 2024 (Act No. 22 of 2024 and S.I. No. of 351 of 2024)

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 Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
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 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 56A(1)(d) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
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 56A(7)-(10) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(l) insofar as it relates to 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(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 78A(1)-(2)(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 78A(2)(f) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(o) insofar as it relates to 78A(3)-(9)(b) 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 78A(9)(c) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 5(o) insofar as it relates to 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 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) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
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) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
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), (c) Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(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 AffectedAffecting Provision
Certain functions transferred to Mayor of Limerick and references construed 7/2024, ss. 1(3), 10 & sch. 1 parts 1, 2
S. 16 amended Road Traffic Act 2024 (10/2024), ss. 1(2), 22(a)
S. 16(e), (g) deleted Road Traffic Act 2024 (10/2024), ss. 1(2), 22(b)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
None