Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000

JurisdictionIreland
CitationIR SI 3/2000

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, 2000.

(2) These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations 1963 to 1999 shall be construed as one and may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 2000.

2. (1) In these Regulations—

“the Corporation” means Dublin Corporation.

“the Dublin taximeter area” means the area comprising the county borough of Dublin and the administrative counties of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.

“the Regulations of 1995” means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995 ( S.I. No. 136 of 1995 ).

“qualified person” means any person who on 31 December 1999—

(a) held a taxi licence or a wheelchair accessible taxi licence granted by the Corporation, or

(b) was entitled under article 16 of the Regulations of 1995 to renew a taxi licence or a wheelchair accessible taxi licence which had been granted by the Corporation, or

(c) was in receipt of an offer made by the Corporation for the grant of a wheelchair accessible taxi licence under article 12(2) of the Regulations of 1995 in respect of which the process for the grant of such a licence had not been completed.

(2) In these Regulations any reference to an article, a sub-article, a paragraph or a sub-paragraph which is not otherwise identified is a reference to an article, sub-article, paragraph or sub-paragraph of these Regulations.

3. For the purposes of these Regulations, the Corporation shall be the licensing authority for the Dublin taximeter area.

4. (1) Article 7 of the Regulations of 1995 shall not apply in respect of the Dublin taximeter area with effect from the coming into operation of these Regulations.

(2) Article 8(2) of the Regulations of 1995 shall not apply in respect of the Dublin taximeter area with effect from the coming into operation of these Regulations.

(3) Article 32(1) of the Regulations of 1995 shall not apply to the grant of taxi licences and wheelchair accessible taxi licences following the issue of notices under article 8.

5. Taxi licences and wheelchair accessible taxi licences to be granted in the Dublin taximeter area following the coming into...

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