Tipperary fleet owners warned they must register vehicles or face possible legal action

A total of 1,910 fleet or motor trader vehicles in Tipperary have so far been added to the National Fleet Database (NFD), according to figures released by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) and the Road Safety Authority (RSA). 

The MIBI and the RSA are also encouraging all fleet owners / managers and motor traders in Tipperary to prioritise ensuring their vehicle details have been added to the database, or they risk facing legal penalties. 

Under the recently enacted Road Traffic and Roads Act (2023), the details for all vehicles operating under flexible motor insurance policies – usually used for fleet vehicles and motor traders – must be uploaded to the national database by November 30. This is the legal responsibility of the relevant fleet owner / manager or motor trader. 

Often these flexible, motor insurance policies are used by garages and motor traders who sell vehicles, as well as fleets of trucks, buses, coaches, taxis, construction vehicles, hire cars, delivery vans, utility vehicles, transport and logistic providers, service vehicles as well as the vehicles operated by retailers, service providers, semi state operations and more.

An estimated 160,000 vehicles of this type are yet to be added to the database, with the deadline now only weeks away. 

Tipperary fleet owners / managers and motor traders who do not fulfil their obligation to upload their vehicle registrations to the NFD by November 30 may face legal sanctions.

This includes having their vehicles identified as being uninsured by the Gardaí, as well as additional penalties for non-compliance, such as potentially facing prosecution in the District Court and being subjected to fines of up to €500 per vehicle.