Deadline looms for National Fleet Database
Owners of fleets of vehicles, including lorries, are being urged to add their vehicle details to the National Fleet Database.
Some 3,201 fleet or motor trader vehicles in Mayo 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 is encouraging all fleet owners/ managers and motor traders in Mayo 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 Thursday next, November 30th. 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.
Mayo fleet owners/ managers and motor traders who do not fulfil their obligation to upload their vehicle registrations to the NFD by November 30th 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.
