A form to apply for removal of penalty points can be collected at a Post Office after four years have elapsed. This, in effect, gives you a ‘clean’ licence. You are under a legal obligation to produce your documents within seven days of being requested to do so by the officer who gave you the form. You must take all the documents you were asked to produce (driving licence, insurance certificate and MOT certificate), to the police station that you nominated at the time.

Penalty points last thee years from the date of the offence, but remain on the licence for 4 years (11 years for drinking or drug offences). If 12 or more points are accumulated within 3 years the driver will be disqualified, however the courts are given limited powers not to disqualify in exceptional circumstances. After disqualification under the totting-up procedure the existing points will be removed from your licence but your licence will refer to the disqualification for 4 years.

In most cases, yes. But there are sometimes particular situations which we call "special reasons" where we can persuade the Court not to impose penalty points because it would be unfair. When we discuss your case with you we will be looking out for these "special reasons".

No. We have seen no evidence that penalty points indicate a greater risk. In the UK, the experience has been that as drivers get penalty points, they drive more safely. So for the moment our intention is not to load for penalty points.

A person whose penalty points reach 12 in a three year period is liable to disqualification, unless you have had your licence for less than two years (beginning with the day you got your license) in which case your licence may be revoked if you accrue six or more points.

The threshold is 12 points. If 12 points accumulate on a licence record within 3 years, a notice will issue informing the licence holder that they have been disqualified for 6 months and that they must surrender their licence at their local Motor Taxation Office.

If a penalty is assessed, the Business Property Owner may file a request for a waiver of the penalty. The request must be filed in writing within 30 days after the notice is received that the penalty has been imposed. The request must also include documentation showing that the Business Property Owner either substantially complied with the Rendition law or made a good faith effort to do so.

The penalty and number of acres is based on the total number of acres converted by the same owner in the same municipality. For example, if a 40 acre parcel on the 1-1-2008 roll was subdivided into 8-5 acre parcels, and the person subdividing the land also converted all its use, that person would be liable for a conversion of 40 acres at the 5% penalty rate.

One point is equal to 1% of the loan amount. This amount, like the interest rate, can vary. You can "buy" the interest rate down to a lower rate by paying more points.

No. It is not possible to pay a higher penalty to avoid the penalty points. Tendering a payment in excess of the amount stated on the Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty Notice will not delay or prevent the endorsement of your driving licence in any way.

Penalty points are valid for 3 years. The points then remain on your licence for a further year for recording purposes. After this time you may apply to the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority, Swansea and have them removed.

Almost all motoring offences carry penalty points but some offences carry more points than others. For example if you have a bald tyre you will get three penalty points whereas if you have no insurance you may get as many as eight. Some offences though such as having no MOT certificate or parking offences do not carry penalty points at all.

of 3rd April penalty points apply to 36 road traffic offences. The Road Traffic Act, 2002*, which is the legislative basis for the system of penalty points, sets out an extensive list of offences which will attract penalty points under the Act. Penalty points will be applied in respect of a wide range of offences, the commission of which have a potentially negative impact on road safety.

From 3rd April 2006 there will be 31 new penalty point offences as part of a major crackdown on irresponsible driver behaviour. Among the new offences, to apply from April, are failure to obey stop/yield signs, dangerous overtaking, failure to obey traffic lights and crossing central white line markings. This is on top of the existing offences of speeding, non-seatbelt wearing, driving with no insurance and careless driving.

From the 3rd April 2006 the way the penalty points system is administered changes significantly. Most notably the Garda fixed charge payment system will be computerised and the Garda pulse system linked to the courts for the roll out of the extended penalty points system. This will undoubtedly enhance the efficiency of the system and hopefully its effectiveness in acting as a serious deterrent for drivers. Up to now the system has been administered on a manual basis.

The number of penalty points applicable to speeding is 4, if you are found guilty in a court of a speeding offence. The maximum fine for a first offence is €800. If on the other hand, you opt to pay the fixed charge of €80 within 28 days of the issue of the Fixed Charge notice from the Garda?, you are effectively pleading no contest and 2 points will be endorsed on your licence record.

Yes. Where an alleged offence is detected by a fixed speed camera, the fixed charge notice will be sent to the registered owner. There is an explicit requirement that where the registered owner of a vehicle was not driving or using the vehicle he or she must give the name, address etc of the driver of the vehicle.

Driving without insurance is generally punishable by a fine of up to EUR2,500, disqualification of one year or more for a first offence and two years or more for a second offence, and, at the discretion of the court, a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months. In the case of a first offence of driving without insurance, the court may decide in special cases not to impose a period of disqualification or to impose a period of disqualification of less than a year.