Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 3, line 7, to delete “Road Traffic Act 2010 and the Road Traffic Act 2002” and substitute the following:

“Road Traffic Act 2016, Road Traffic Act 2010, Road Traffic Act 2002, Road Traffic Act 1994 and Road Traffic Act 1961”.

Section 39 of the Road Traffic Act is the section declaring that the owner of a vehicle commits an offence when that vehicle is driven by an unaccompanied learner driver. This was an Opposition amendment which I accepted at the time, but subject to examination by the Office of the Attorney General to ensure that it was correctly worded. As it proved on examination to contain a number of flaws, I am proposing to repeal the section in order to replace it with a new wording which will achieve the policy intention we agreed when the section was adopted. I shall explain what I am changing, and why, in discussions on my proposed replacement to this section.

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