Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 September 2014
543. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans that the vehicle clamping Bill will address the penalty charge for interfering with a clamp which is levied by clamping companies despite a lack of clarity concerning the term interfere; if limits will be placed on the charge amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35794/14]
View answerUnder section 101B, subsection (7)(b), of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (as inserted by section 9 of the Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act 1987), a person who without being authorised to do so under that section, removes or attempts to remove from a vehicle an immobilisation device fixed to it under that section, shall be guilty of an offence. This offence is being maintained in section 30 of the Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 which was published by my predecessor in June last and which I will introduce to the Oireachtas in the coming weeks.
