S.I. No. 24/1976:

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1976.

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1976.

The Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 82 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1976.

(2) These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1975 shall be construed together and may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1976.

2. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1975, an application by a person for the grant of a small public service vehicle licence in respect of the use of a vehicle as a public hire vehicle may be made only in the period from the first to the fourteenth day inclusive of the month of September in any year unless the application is made by a person who at any time in the period of twelve months preceding the date of application held such a licence in respect of a vehicle, and

( a ) the application is made for the purpose of licensing the said vehicle, or

( b ) the application is made for the purpose of licensing another vehicle to replace the said vehicle and the licence in respect of the said vehicle has ceased to be in force through effluxion of time or shall have been surrendered or revoked on or before the grant of the licence for which application is made.

3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1975, a sum may be charged where the hiring of a vehicle used as a public hire vehicle in a taximeter area is initiated by way of telephonic or radio communication and, for the purposes of article 53 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 191 of 1963 ), such sum shall be regarded as part of the maximum fare for the services being rendered by the driver of the vehicle.

4. Sub-article (1) of article 2 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 225 of 1973 ) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 2nd day of February, 1976.

JAMES TULLY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations--

( a ) provide that an application for a small public service vehicle licence in respect of the use of a vehicle as a public hire vehicle may be made only in the period from the first to the fourteenth day inclusive of September, and

( b ) enable a charge to be made where the hiring of a vehicle used as a public hire vehicle in a taximeter area is initiated by way of telephonic or radio communication.