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S.I. No. 258/1957 -- Dublin Taximeter Area Fare Bye-Laws, 1957.

S.I. No. 258/1957 -- Dublin Taximeter Area Fare Bye-Laws, 1957. 1957 258

S.I. No. 258/1957:

DUBLIN TAXIMETER AREA FARE BYE-LAWS, 1957.

DUBLIN TAXIMETER AREA FARE BYE-LAWS, 1957.

I, DANIEL COSTIGAN, Commissioner of the Garda Siochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 139 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933), after consultation with the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, the Council of the County of Dublin and the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire and with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, make the following bye-laws :

1. These Bye-laws may be cited as the Dublin Taximeter Area Fare Bye-laws, 1957.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Bye-laws, 1957.

3. These Bye-laws apply to the area declared to be a taximeter area by the Dublin Metropolitan Taximeter Area Order, 1937 ( S. R. & O. No. 162 of 1937 ), namely--the area consisting of the County Borough of Dublin (including the Borough of Dún Laoghaire but not including the former urban district of Howth) as lies within a circle with a radius of ten miles having its centre at the General Post Office at O'Connell Street in the City of Dublin.

4.--(1) The fares which may lawfully be charged for the hire of street service vehicles hired in the area to which these Bye-laws apply shall be in accordance with the Schedule.

(2) This Bye-law shall not affect the validity of a contract for the payment of a lower fare than that hereby provided for.

5. A printed notice in the form of the Schedule to these Bye-laws shall be securely fitted in a glass-covered frame in the rear passenger compartment of every street service vehicle in such a position that it can be read conveniently by the passengers.

6. The Dublin Taximeter Area Fare Bye-laws, 1955 ( S.I. No. 132 of 1955 ), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

FARES for THIS VEHICLE FIXED BY THE COMMISSIONER, GARDA SIOCHANA.

This Vehicle is fitted with a TAXIMETER recording the Fare by a combination of TIME and DISTANCE.

(a) Hiring charge

6d.

(b) For any distance not exceeding one statute mile, or time not exceeding fifteen minutes

1s.

6d.

(c) For any distance exceeding a statute mile, or time exceeding fifteen minutes :

(i) For each third of a mile or time not exceeding five minutes

6d

(ii) For any less distance or time

6d

NOTES.

(i) The minimum fare is two shillings plus the hiring charge.

(ii) The fare is calculated by time when the vehicle is standing or is travelling at not more than four miles an hour.

(iii) No addition may be made to a fare in respect of a hiring on a Sunday or during the night time.

(iv) The fare is calculated from the time when the hiring begins.

(v) No charge may be made for any return journey when the vehicle is returning empty after the hiring has ended,

EXTRA PAYMENTS.

I.--ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS.

For each passenger (excluding infants in arms) beyond one. For whole or part of journey

6d.

Note : One or two children under the age of ten years count as one passenger, three or four as two passengers, and so on.

II.--LUGGAGE.

Luggage carried on the luggage platform or other carrier :

(a) For each bicycle, perambulator or child's mail cart (except when folded)

9d.

(b) For each other article or package so carried

3d.

Luggage not carried on the luggage platform or other carrier : For each article or package* beyond two

3d.

* (No account is taken of and no charge made for (a) articles of personal wear or use ordinarily carried on the person or in the hand ; (b) articles ordinarily so carried for games or sport ; (c) personal luggage not exceeding 2 feet in length in the form of attaché cases, bags, satchels, parcels or other similar packages or articles).

For each basket or other receptacle containing one or more live animals

3d.

For each live animal not in a basket or other receptacle

3d.

The above extra payments are not payable unless--

(a) the driver records the amount on the taximeter, or

(b) the amount exceeds the amount that can be shown on the taximeter.

GIVEN under my hand, this 4th day of November, 1957.

(Signed) D. COSTIGAN,

Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

WHEREAS in pursuance of section 8 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933), the Commissioner of the Garda Siochana has submitted the foregoing bye-laws to the Minister for Local Government:

AND WHEREAS the provisions of subsections (1) and (5) of that section have been complied with in relation to the said bye-laws :

NOW, the Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 139 of the said Act, hereby consents to the making of the said bye-laws.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government, this 12th day of December, 1957.

(Signed) NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Local Government.

Explanatory Note.

These bye-laws fix the fares that may lawfully be charged for the hire of a street service vehicle (i.e., a street taxi) hired in the Dublin Taximeter Area.

The Dublin Taximeter Area Fare Bye-Laws, 1955, are revoked and replaced by these bye-laws.

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