Taxi Regulation Act 2013

• Enactment Date: 23 October 2013
• Act Number: 37

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Number 37 of 2013

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TAXI REGULATION ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2023

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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37 of 2013

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TAXI REGULATION ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2023

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

National Transport Authority Acts 2008 to 2016: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be read together as one (Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 10(2)). The Acts in the group are:

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (15/2008)

• Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 (37/2009), Part 3

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013), Part 10

• Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 1

Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2018: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be read together as one (Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 (18/2018), s. 6(3)). The Acts in the group are:

• Road Traffic Act 1961 (24/1961)

• Road Traffic Act 1968 (25/1968)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1973 (15/1973) (repealed)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1978 (19/1978) (repealed)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1984 (16/1984)

• Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act 1987 (34/1987), insofar as it amends the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 1984

• Road Traffic Act 1994 (7/1994)

• Road Traffic Act 1995 (7/1995) (repealed)

• Road Traffic Act 2002 (12/2002)

• Road Traffic Act 2003 (37/2003) (repealed)

• Road Traffic Act 2004 (44/2004), other than Part 6

• Railway Safety Act 2005 (31/2005), Part 17

• Road Traffic Act 2006 (23/2006)

• Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 (28/2006), s. 1 (repealed)

• Roads Act 2007 (34/2007), s. 12

• Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010)

• Road Traffic Act 2011 (7/2011)

• Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011 (28/2011)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013), Part 11

• Road Traffic Act 2014 (3/2014)

• Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2014 (39/2014)

• Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 (13/2015), Part 5 (citation only)

• Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 8

• Road Traffic Act 2016 (21/2016)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 (18/2018)

Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be read together as one (Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 10(3)). The Acts in the group are:

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013)

• Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), ss. 2 and 3

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7/2022)

• Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Act 2021 (42/2021)

• Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2016)

• Road Traffic Act 2016 (21/2016)

• Public Transport Act 2016 (03/2016)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)

• Fines Act 2010 (8/2010)

All Acts up to and including Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Fixed Payment Offences And Driver Licence Period) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 589 of 2022)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Contingency Measure – Vehicle Supply) (Maximum Permissible Age) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 588 of 2022)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Cashless Payment Facility) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 294 of 2022)

• Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 293 of 2022)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (Maximum Permissible Age) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 482 of 2021)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (Fees) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 364 of 2021)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (Expired Licence) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 363 of 2021)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 256 of 2021)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 666 of 2020)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (Fees) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 665 of 2020)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 175 of 2020)

• Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 458 of 2017)

• Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulation 2016 (S.I. No. 236 of 2016)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (Maximum Fares) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 127 of 2015)

• Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 33 of 2015)

• Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014 (Small Public Service Vehicle) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 507 of 2014)

• Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 322 of 2014)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 165 of 2014)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 163 of 2014)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (Public Service Contracts) (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 524 of 2013)

All statutory instruments up to and including Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 37 of 2013

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TAXI REGULATION ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2023

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Acts Referred to

Air Navigation and Transport Act 1973 (No. 29)

Air Navigation and Transport Act 1975 (No. 9)

Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (No. 22)

Children Act 2001 (No. 24)

Companies Acts

Courts (No. 3) Act 1986 (No. 33)

Criminal Damage Act 1991 (No. 31)

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (No. 2)

Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000 (No. 16)

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (No. 2)

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (No. 50)

Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention Against Torture) Act 2000 (No. 11)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (No. 26)

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 (No. 8)

Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act 1976 (No. 14)

Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 32)

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 (No. 20)

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 (No. 15)

Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 69)

Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (No. 15)

European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27)

Explosive Substances Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict., c. 3)

Finance Act 2002 (No. 5)

Firearms Act 1925 (No. 17)

Firearms Act 1964 (No. 1)

Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 (No. 12)

Geneva Conventions Act 1962 (No. 11)

International Criminal Court Act 2006 (No. 30)

Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)

Maritime Security Act 2004 (No. 29)

Metrology Act 1996 (No. 27)

Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (No. 12)

Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 (No. 26)

Offences Against the State Act 1939 (No. 13)

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c. 93)

Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 (No. 37)

Punishment of Incest Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c.45)

Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24)

Road Traffic Act 2002 (No. 12)

Road Traffic Act 2004 (No. 44)

Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23)

Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25)

Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011 (No. 28)

Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011

Road Transport Act 1932 (No. 2)

Road Transport Act...