Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2014

What is this act about?

This law primarily amends the Road Traffic Act 2002 concerning the endorsement of penalty points for certain road traffic offences. It clarifies how and when penalty points are applied, especially for offences committed between August 1, 2014, and the passing of this Act.

Who it applies to: Individuals who commit road traffic offences that incur penalty points; The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

At a glance

Country: Ireland
Area of law: Criminal law
Articles: 4
Source: irishstatutebook.ie
Text retrieved: 2026-06-17
Explanation updated: 2026-07-07

What does this act regulate?

The process for endorsing penalty points on a person's record after a payment for an alleged penalty point offence.
Specific penalty point offences that are subject to endorsement.
The retrospective application of penalty points for certain offences committed within a defined period.
The legal status of a previous commencement order related to road traffic provisions.

Who does this act apply to?

Individuals who commit road traffic offences that incur penalty points.
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.
The Commissioner of the Garda Síochána and appointed persons under section 103 of the Road Traffic Act 1961.

What are the key points?

Penalty points are endorsed when a payment is made for an alleged penalty point offence, with specific exceptions (reference numbers 2A, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 or 19 in column (2) of Part 1 of the First Schedule of the Act of 2002).
The number of penalty points endorsed is that specified on the day the alleged offence was committed.
Section 8(b)(i) of the Road Traffic Act 2014 is deemed never to have come into operation.
For payments made between August 1, 2014, and December 25, 2014, where penalty points were not endorsed, the Minister shall cause them to be endorsed retrospectively.

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Legal text

Contents (4)

Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4

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Section 1

1.Definitions

Section 2

2.Amendment of Act of 2002 — endorsement of penalty points

Section 3

3.Endorsement of certain penalty points

Section 4

4.Short title and collective citation Acts Referred to Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24) Road Traffic Act 2002 (No. 12) Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23) Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25) Road Traffic Act 2014 (No. 3) Number 39 of 2014 ROAD TRAFFIC (NO. 2) ACT 2014 An Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 2002 and to provide for related matters. [25 th December, 2014] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

Definitions 1. In this Act— “Act of 2002” means Road Traffic Act 2002 ; “Act of 2014” means Road Traffic Act 2014 ; “entry”, “penalty point” and “penalty point offence” each has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2002; “Minister” means Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

Amendment of Act of 2002 — endorsement of penalty points 2. (1) Section 2 of the Act of 2002 is amended by substituting for subsection (1) the following: “(1) Where a person makes a payment under section 103 (inserted by section 11) of the Principal Act or under section 37 or 44 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 in respect of an alleged penalty point offence (other than such an offence specified at reference number 2A, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 or 19 in column (2) of Part 1 of the First Schedule), the number of penalty points specified in column (4) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the offence in the said column (2), standing so specified on the day of the commission of the alleged offence, shall, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be endorsed on the entry relating to the person in respect of the alleged offence.”.

(2)Section 2(2) of the Act of 2002 is amended by inserting “, standing so specified on the day of the commission of the alleged offence,” after “of that Schedule”.

(3)Part 1 (as amended by section 10(a) of the Act of 2014) of the First Schedule to the Act of 2002 is amended in column (2) at reference number 2 by substituting “section 18(2) ” for “section 18”.

(4)Part 8 (inserted by section 16

(2)(e) of the Road Traffic Act 2006 ) of the First Schedule to the Act of 2002 is deleted.

Endorsement of certain penalty points 3. (1) Notwithstanding Article 3 of the Road Traffic Act 2014 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 147 of 2014 ), section 8(b)(i) of the Act of 2014 is deemed never to have come into operation.

(2)Section 8(b) of the Act of 2014 is amended by deleting subparagraph (i).

(3)Where, at any time during the period from 1 August 2014 until the passing of this Act, a payment was made by a person under section 103 (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 2002) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 in respect of an alleged penalty point offence (other than such an offence specified at reference number 2A, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 or 19 in column (2) of Part 1 of the First Schedule to the Act of 2002) and if, upon the making of that payment to a member of the Garda Síochána or a person appointed under the said section 103, the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána or a person appointed under the said section 103 caused the Minister to be notified of the payment but no penalty points were caused to be endorsed on the entry relating to the person in respect of that alleged offence, the Minister shall, as soon as may be after the passing of this Act (subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 2002, other than section 2(5) ) cause to be endorsed on the entry relating to the person, the number of penalty points specified in column (4) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the offence in the said column (2), standing so specified on the day of the commission of the alleged offence, in respect of that offence, and such endorsement is deemed to be an endorsement pursuant to section 2(5) of the Act of 2002.

(4)If this section would, but for this subsection, conflict with a constitutional right of any person, the operation of this section shall be subject to such limitation as is necessary to secure that it does not so conflict but shall otherwise be of full force and effect.

Short title and collective citation 4. (1) This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2014.

(2)The collective citation “the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014” includes this Act.

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