Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014 (Small Public Service Vehicle) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2014

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 507/2014
• Year: 2014

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th November, 2014.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 103 (as amended by section 14 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23 of 2006)) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No.24 of 1961) and section 77 (2) of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (No. 37 of 2013) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014 (Small Public Service Vehicle) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2014.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 14 November 2014.

2. In this Regulation “Act” means Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (No. 37 of 2013).

3. An offence under—

(a) section 20(4)(b) of the Act consisting of a contravention of a provision of the Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 165 of 2014 ) referred to in Schedule 1, or

(b) Part 3 of the Act consisting of a contravention of a provision of the Act referred to in Schedule 2,

is declared to be a fixed charge offence for the purpose of section 103 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961).

4. The amount prescribed for a fixed charge offence referred to in-

(a) column (1) of Schedule 1 is the amount indicated in column (3) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the fixed charge offence, and

(b) column (1) of Schedule 2 is the amount indicated in column (3) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the fixed charge offence.

Regulations 3(a) and 4(a)

SCHEDULE 1

FIXED CHARGE OFFENCES

Offences under section 20(4)(b) of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 consisting of a contravention of a provision of the Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 165 of 2014 )

Regulation(1) Description of contravention(2) Fixed charge amount(3) 24, 25, 26, 27 or 28 Failure to comply with the vehicle standards applicable to the licence category €60 24 or 26 insofar as it relates to paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 2 Failure to have prescribed signage affixed to the front doors of taxi or wheelchair accessible taxi €250 39(1) Refusal to carry assistance dog or guide dog in a small public service vehicle €40 44(1) Failure to display tamper-proof disc €80 44(3) Removal or attempted removal of tamper-proof disc from a...