S.I. No. 48/2013 - Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Revised Vehicle Standards and Fixed Charge Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 19th February, 2013.

The National Transport Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 34 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (No. 25 of 2003) (as amended by section 13 of the Roads Act 2007 (No. 34 of 2007) and section 43 of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 (No. 37 of 2009)), hereby makes the following regulations—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Revised Vehicle Standards and Fixed Charge Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

2. These Regulations come into operation on 20 February 2013.

3. Paragraph (3) of Regulation 23 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Suitability Inspection and Annual Licence Renewal Assessment of Small Public Service Vehicles) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 249/2010) (as amended by the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Revised Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 536 of 2012)) is amended by substituting for paragraph (3) the following—

“(3) The National Transport Authority may renew—

(a) a taxi licence or hackney licence first granted before 1 January 2009, or

(b) a wheelchair accessible taxi licence or wheelchair accessible hackney licence first granted before 31 January 2013,

in respect of a vehicle that is associated with such licence on 1 January 2013 and that has reached the tenth anniversary of the date of its first registration provided that the vehicle has not, on the date of expiry of such licence (as determined in accordance with Regulation 10(3) of the Regulations of 2000), reached the fifteenth or later anniversary of the date of its first registration.”

4. Regulation 12 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Amendment and Vehicle Licensing) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 538 of 2012 ) is amended by substituting “2007” for “2010”.

5. Schedule 3 to the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 537 of 2012 ) is amended by deleting “The National Transport Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 46 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (No. 25 of 2003), has the power to issue fixed charge notices for contraventions of specified Regulations made under that Act or Regulations made under section 82 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961).”.

GIVEN under the seal of the National Transport Authority,

15 February 2013.

JOHN FITZGERALD,

Chairperson National Transport Authority.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations amend the requirements in relation to the maximum permissible ages of small public service vehicles. These Regulations also amend Schedule 3 to the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 537 of 2012 ).