S.I. No. 88/1964:

DRIVING LICENCES (REPAYMENT OF EXCISE DUTIES) REGULATIONS, 1964.

DRIVING LICENCES (REPAYMENT OF EXCISE DUTIES) REGULATIONS, 1964.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (1A) of section 4 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952 (No. 24 of 1952) as inserted by section 18 of the Finance Act, 1961 (No. 23 of 1961), hereby makes the following Regulations :--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Driving Licences (Repayment of Excise Duties) Regulations, 1964.

2. In these Regulations--

" driving licence " means a driving licence under Part III of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ;

" licensee " means a person to whom a driving licence was granted ;

" licensing authority " means the council of a county or the corporation of a county borough ;

" licence period " means the period for which the driving licence in respect of which the repayment is claimed was granted.

3. Where, in pursuance of sub-article (7) of article 15 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 29 of 1964 ), a driving licence is surrendered to a licensing authority, the licensee may apply to such licensing authority for a repayment in respect of the excise duty paid by him on taking out that driving licence and the licensing authority may make such repayment.

4. A repayment under these Regulations shall be made at the rate of one shilling and sixpence for each complete month of the licence period which remains unexpired at the date of surrender of the driving licence.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this sixteenth day of April, 1964.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for the refund of part of the duty paid on taking out a driving licence where that driving licence is being surrendered under sub-article (7) of article 15 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations, 1964.