Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999

• Jurisdiction: Ireland

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by section 5 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and by section 82 of that Act as amended by section 57 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968), which powers were delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 1997 ( S.I. No. 427 of 1997 ), I, Robert Molloy, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999.

(2) These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1998 shall be construed as one and may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1999.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1999 and shall apply in relation to applications for the grant of taxi licences and wheelchair accessible taxi licences made on or after that date, at all times other than in the context of the initial grant of such licences in newly declared taximeter areas.

3. The Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995 ( S.I. No. 136 of 1995 ) are hereby amended by the substitution of the following for the Sixth Schedule—

“SIXTH SCHEDULE

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRANT OF TAXI LICENCES AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TAXI LICENCES AT ALL TIMES OTHER THAN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INITIAL GRANT OF SUCH LICENCES IN NEWLY DECLARED TAXIMETER AREAS.

PART 1

Interpretation and Application of Part 2

(a) Points under Paragraph 3 of Part 2 of this Schedule will only be granted in respect of one hackney licence held by the applicant.

(b) Points shall not be awarded under Paragraph 4 of Part 2 of this Schedule in respect of any period where points under Paragraph 3 of Part 2 may be awarded.

(c) The term “evidence” in paragraph 4 of Part 2 of this Schedule, means written confirmation from an insurance company/companies, in a form which is satisfactory to the licensing authority, that the applicant was insured to drive a taxi for the periods in question.

(d) The term “driving licence” in Paragraph 5 of Part 2 of this Schedule shall refer to a licence granted within the State or by any member state of the European Union or by a recognised state determined in regulations made under section 42 of the...