S.I. No. 118/1956 - Road Transport Act, 1932, Regulations, 1956.
S.I. No. 118 of 1956. | ||
ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1932, REGULATIONS, 1956. | ||
I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 23 of the Road Transport Act, 1932 (No. 2 of 1932), hereby make the following regulations :— 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Transport Act, 1932 , Regulations, 1956. | ||
(2) These Regulations and the Road Transport Act, 1932 , Regulations, 1932 to 1952, may be cited together as the Road Transport Act, 1932 , Regulations, 1932 to 1956. 2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations. 3. Every passenger fare, as calculated under the Road Transport Act, 1932 , Regulations, 1951 ( S.I. No. 256 of 1951 ), may, so far as calculated under Scale A or C of the Schedule thereto, be increased by twelve and one half per cent., and, so far as calculated under Sale B of the Schedule thereto, be increased by eighteen and one-eighth per cent. and every charge mentioned in Scale D, E or F of the Schedule thereto may be increased by twelve and one-half per cent., any fraction of a penny in the result being reckoned as a penny. 4. The Road Transport Act, 1932 , Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 64 of 1953 ), are hereby revoked and the present Regulations shall have effect as if the former Regulations had not been made. | ||
GIVEN under my Official Seal this 7th day of May, 1956. | ||
WILLIAM NORTON, | ||
Minister for Industry and Commerce. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
The effect of these regulations is to permit of an increase not exceeding 5% in the fares chargeable on provincial omnibus services other than those provided by Coras Iompair Eireann and the Great Northern Railway Board. |