No. 81/1934:

THE ROAD TRAFFIC (THIRD PARTY RISKS) REGULATIONS, 1934.

THE ROAD TRAFFIC (THIRD PARTY RISKS) REGULATIONS, 1934.

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES.

1. Citation.

2. Interpretation.

3. Keeping of Records.

4. Coverers who do not carry on business in premises in their possession or control.

5. Exemption of certain certificates from necessity of authentication in Saorstát Eireann.

6. Signature of person in Saorstát Eireann.

7. Sending of copy of certificate to Saorstát Eireann.

8. Application of provisions in regard to records.

9. Signature, etc., on certificate of cover.

10. Alterations on certificates.

RV.221/16.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS.

1934. No. 81.

THE ROAD TRAFFIC (THIRD PARTY RISKS) REGULATIONS, 1934.

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 1933 .

WHEREAS the Minister for Local Government and Public Health in exercise of the powers vested in him under or by virtue of the Road Traffic Act (hereinafter referred to as " the Act ") and section 12 of the Roads Act, 1920, and in exercise of all other powers in that behalf vested in him did on the 10th day of November one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three make the regulations entitled the Road Traffic (Third Party Risks) Regulations, 1933 (hereinafter referred to as " the principal regulations ");

AND WHEREAS it is now expedient that the principal regulations should be amended and modified in the manner hereinafter appearing;

NOW THEREFORE, the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, in exercise of the powers hereinbefore recited hereby makes the following regulations, that is to say:

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Third Party Risks) Regulations, 1934.(2) The principal regulations and these regulations may be cited collectively as the Road Traffic (Third Party Risks) Regulations, 1933 and 1934.

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act, 1923 , shall apply for the purpose of the interpretation of these regulations in the same manner in which it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.(2) Every expression to which a special meaning is assigned by the principal regulations shall have the same special meaning in these regulations.

3.—The records the keeping of which is required by Articles 13 and 14 of the principal regulations shall be kept in Saorstát Eireann.

4.—Where a coverer does not carry on the business of coverer in any premises in Saorstát Eireann which are in his possession or control the following provisions shall apply, that is to say :—

(1) The coverer shall arrange for the keeping of the records required by the principal regulations, as amended by these regulations, in some premises in Saorstát Eireann at which the powers of inspection and investigation mentioned in this article can be exercised.

(2) The coverer shall notify to the Minister the address of such premises and the name of the person in whose possession or control such premises are.

(3) Any member of the Gárda Síochána or a duly authorised officer of the Minister shall at his request be admitted to the said premises at any time while the said premises are open for business, and any records kept by such coverer in pursuance of the principal regulations which such member or officer requires to be submitted to him for his inspection shall there be submitted to such member or officer and such member or officer shall be permitted to inspect such records when so submitted.

5.—Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10 of the principal regulations any one or more of the certificates of cover issued in pursuance of the Act and the principal regulations to any person who ordinarily resides outside Saorstát Eireann may be authenticated outside Saorstát Eireann by the coverer or some other person authorised by the coverer provided that the provisions of these regulations are complied with in relation to such certificate or certificates.

6.—(1) It shall not be lawful to authenticate a certificate of cover outside Saorstát Eireann under these regulations unless such certificate of cover has, before such authentication, been signed on the back in Saorstát Eireann by a person who is authorised by the coverer to authenticate certificates of cover under Article 10 of the principal regulations and unless the address of such person in Saorstát Eireann is set out on the front or back of such certificate of cover.(2) It shall be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the foregoing paragraph in regard to signature if at the time of the authentication of a certificate of cover the document on which the certificate is prepared has been signed in Saorstát Eireann by the person mentioned in the said paragraph before any particulars or other matters have been entered on such document.

7.—A copy of every certificate of cover authenticated outside Saorstát Eireann under these regulations shall be sent by post within twenty-four hours to the address in Saorstát Eireann of the person whose signature appears on the back of such certificate.

8.—The provisions of the principal regulations as amended by these regulations in regard to the keeping of records of certificates of cover shall apply in relation to any certificate of cover authenticated outside Saorstát Eireann under these regulations.

9.—(1) The full name or names of the coverer or coverers by whom a certificate of cover is issued shall appear on the certificate in the portion of the prescribed form provided for the signature or seal of the coverer.(2) Where on a certificate of cover the name or names of the coverer or coverers by whom such certificate was issued is or are printed in the portion of such certificate provided for the signature or seal of the coverer, the requirements of the said form in relation to signature by the coverer (but not in relation to authentication of certificates) shall be deemed to have been complied with, notwithstanding that such certificate has not been signed personally by such coverer or any of such coverers.

10.—A certificate on which has been made any alteration of the index mark or registration number of the vehicle to which it relates or of the name of the person to whom it has been issued or of the period of validity shall be invalid.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health this Thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.

(Signed) SEÁN T. O'CEALLAIGH,

Minister for Local Government and Public Health.