S.I. No. 534/2001 - Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by section 5 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and by section 82 of that Act as amended by section 57 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) which powers were delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 427 of 1997 ), I, Robert Molloy, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government hereby make the following Regulations:

1.     (1)   These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2001.

(2)   The collective citation the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 2001 shall include these Regulations.

2.     Articles 5(a), 6 and 7 of these regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2002.

3.     In these Regulations -

“the Principal Regulations” means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 191 of 1963 );

“the Regulations of 1977” means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 111 of 1977 );

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

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

4.     The Regulations of 2000 are hereby amended —

(a)    by the replacement in article 15(d) of the words “1 January, 2002” with the words “1 September, 2002”, and

(b)    by the substitution of the following sub-article for article 15(e) -

“(e)    be in good order, repair and condition and subject to the terms of the Metrology Act, 1996 (No. 27 of 1996) have affixed the mark(s) signifying conformity with that Act.”.

5.     The Regulations of 1995 are hereby amended —

(a)    by the substitution in article 32(6)(a) of “€60” for “ £50”, and

(b)    by the replacement in article 33(6), as inserted by article 19 of the Regulations of 2000, of the words “1 January 2002” by the words “1 September 2002”.

6.     The Principal Regulations are hereby amended —

(a)    by the substitution for sub-articles (1) and (2) of article 41, as amended by article 13 of the Regulations of 1977, of the following sub-articles:-

“(1)    A fee of €12 shall be payable in respect of the first application by a person for a licence to drive small public service vehicles.

(2)    A fee of €3 shall be payable in respect of the grant of a licence to drive small public service vehicles.”, and

(b)    by the substitution in article 41(4), as amended by article 14 of the Regulations of 1977, of “€2.50” for “ £2”.

7.     The Fourth Schedule to the Regulations of 1995, as substituted by the Regulations of 2000 and amended by article 4 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 38 of 2001 ), is substituted by the following -

FOURTH SCHEDULE

FEES

1.       A fee of €125 shall be payable in respect of —

(a)      the grant of a wheelchair accessible taxi licence,

(b)      the renewal of a wheelchair accessible taxi licence,

(c)      the renewal of a hackney licence,

(d)      the renewal of a limousine licence,

(e)      the continuation in force of a taxi licence or a wheelchair accessible taxi licence in respect of another person,

(f)       the renewal of a taxi licence.

2.       A fee of €250 shall be payable in respect of —

(a)      the grant of a hackney licence,

(b)      the grant of a limousine licence.

3.       A fee of €6,300 shall be payable in respect of the grant of a taxi licence.”.

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 taximeters and for the introduction of Euro licence fees from 1 January 2002.