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GAZETTE
OCTOBER 1996
T h e e x p r e s s i on " s p e c i al r e a s o n" is nol
d e l i n ed bul the o n u s of p r o v i ng that it
e x i s ts rests on the c o n v i c t ed d r i v er
with the s t a n d a rd of p r o of b e i ng on
the b a l a n ce of p r o b a b i l i t i e s. G u i d a n ce
can be o b t a i n ed f r om the c a se law on
the m e a n i ng of " r e a s o n a b le e x c u s e"
in the s i m i l ar UK legislation a nd
f r om the criteria in S e c t i on 29 of the
1961 Act (as a m e n d e d) in relation
to the r e s t o r a t i on of a d r i v e r 's
licence. T h e criteria s p e c i f i ed in
S e c t i on 29 are:
(i) that the c i r c u m s t a n c es of the c a se
j u s t i fy the c o u r s e;
(ii) the c h a r a c t er of the d e f e n d a n t:
(iii) the d e f e n d a n t 's c o n d u c t; a nd
(iv) the n a t u re of the d e f e n ce o r i g i n a l ly
put f o r w a rd by the d e f e n d a n t.
'• Robert
Pier.se,BCL LLB, Solicitor,
is author of the "Law of Road Traffic
in the Republic of Ireland",
Butterworths (Ireland) Limited, 2nd
Edition (1995).
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