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Motor tax legislation

  • 14-05-2009 5:47pm
    #1
    Thoie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know off the top of their head which Act or Statutory Instrument requires you to display a motor tax disc on your car?

    Asking here as I'm assuming gardaí on checkpoints would be used to fining/charging/poking with pitchforks people for non-display of motor tax.


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  • #2
    Whitewater-AGS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 315 ✭✭Whitewater-AGS


    Section 73 of the Finance Act, 1976, me thinks.


  • #3
    happyhappy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭happyhappy


    Thoie wrote: »
    Anyone know off the top of their head which Act or Statutory Instrument requires you to display a motor tax disc on your car?

    Asking here as I'm assuming gardaí on checkpoints would be used to fining/charging/poking with pitchforks people for non-display of motor tax.

    the finance act. not sure what year or subsection.


  • #4
    DCTF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 94 ✭✭DCTF


    Finance Act 1976, Section 73

    Licences to be fixed to and exhibited on vehicles.

    73.—(1) Where a vehicle to which this Part applies is used, parked or otherwise kept at any time in a public place, if while the vehicle is being so used, parked or kept there is not fixed to and exhibited on the vehicle in accordance with section 5 (5) of the Act of 1920 a licence which is both issued in respect of the vehicle and is for the time being in force, then the person by whom the vehicle is so used, parked or kept at the time shall be guilty of an offence, and in addition to the person aforesaid, the person (if he is not the person aforesaid) who on the day on which the offence is committed is in relation to the vehicle the relevant person shall also be guilty of an offence.


    (2) A person shall not be convicted under this section and under section 12 (4) of the Act of 1920 in respect of the same omission.


  • #5
    Thoie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    Thanks all, found it at http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1976/en/act/pub/0016/sec0073.html#zza16y1976s73


  • #6
    deadwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭deadwood


    Thoie wrote: »
    Asking here as I'm assuming gardaí on checkpoints would be used to fining/charging/poking with pitchforks people for non-display of motor tax.
    Get orf moy laaaaaand. Yer worryin' moy return of work.


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  • #7
    Thoie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    deadwood wrote: »
    Get orf moy laaaaaand. Yer worryin' moy return of work.


    I accordance with Section 23 of the Farm Implements Act of 1968, I'm hereby poking you with a pitchfork.


  • #8
    deadwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭deadwood


    Thoie wrote: »
    I'm hereby poking you with a pitchfork.
    Shouldn't that be porking?


    Hey, if I didn't, someone elso would have!


  • #9
    Turner
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,935 Mod ✭✭✭✭Turner


    Moved to Legal Discussion.


  • #10
    McCrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭McCrack


    Chief--- wrote: »
    Moved to Legal Discussion.

    Here! don't be dumping rubbish in this garden!!


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