S.I. No. 411/2002 - Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

I, Séamus Brennan, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 5 and 82 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2002 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1.       (1)        These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2002.

(2)        The Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations 1963 to 2001 and these Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations 1963 to 2002 and shall be construed as one.

2.       In these Regulations -

“Regulations of 1995” means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 136 of 1995 );

“Regulations of 2000” means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 367 of 2000 );

“Regulations of 2001” means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 534 of 2001 ).

3.       Article 16(2) (inserted by Article 11(a) of the Regulations of 2000) of the Regulations of 1995 is amended by the substitution for subparagraph (d) of the following:

“(d)     where the application for the renewal is received by the licensing authority not later than two months following the date of expiry of the licence, and

(e)       where the licence is being renewed, on or after 1 September 2002, the applicant satisfies the licensing authority that the taximeter fitted to the taxi or wheelchair accessible taxi is fitted with a device capable of printing automatically a receipt showing the fare charged for a hire and the receipt displays the information required under Article 33(7) of these Regulations.”.

4.       Article 15 of the Regulations of 2000 is amended by the substitution for subparagraph (d) (as amended by Article 4 of the Regulations of 2001) of the following:

“(d)    where the licence in respect of the taxi or wheelchair accessible taxi is being granted or renewed on or after 1 September 2002 before the licence is granted or renewed, be fitted with a device capable of printing automatically a receipt showing the fare charged for a hire, and”.

5.       Article 33 (as amended by Article 19 of the Regulations of 2000) of the Regulations of 1995 is amended by the insertion after sub-article (6) of the following:

“(6A) Notwithstanding sub-article 6(a), that sub-article applies to a taxi or a wheelchair accessible taxi, where the licence in respect of it is granted or renewed on or after 1 September 2002, from the date of such grant or renewal.”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These regulations provide for amendments to existing regulatory provisions in relation to the requirement that a taximeter be fitted with a device capable of printing automatically a receipt showing the fare charged for a taxi hire.