Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1978

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1978
• Citation: IR SI 226/1978

S.I. No. 226 of 1978.

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS, 1978.

The Minister for the Environment 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) (No. 2) Regulations, 1978.

(2) The Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1978 and these Regulations shall be construed as one.

(3) The collective citation "the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1978" shall include these Regulations.

(4) In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 191 of 1963 ). 2. Article 20 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following sub-article—

"(4) Before the Commissioner shall grant to the owner of a vehicle a small public service vehicle licence which does not limit the use of the vehicle to use as a private hire vehicle he shall be satisfied that the vehicle, if so licensed, will be available for hire as a public hire vehicle for not less than six hours each day between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on at least five days in each week and for at least forty-eight hours in each week." 3. Paragraph (d) of sub-article (2) of article 20 of the Principal Regulations (as substituted by article 4 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 200 of 1970 )), is hereby revoked. 4. Article 24 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (1) of the following sub-article—

"(1) The Commissioner may at any time revoke a public service vehicle licence if—

( a ) he considers that the condition of the vehicle is such or the character or conduct of the owner is such that he would be justified in refusing to grant the licence if an application for the grant of a licence under article 20 of these Regulations were made to him at that time, and

( b ) in the case of a small public service vehicle licence granted on or after the first day of September, 1978 which does not limit the use of the vehicle to use as a private hire vehicle, he is satisfied that the vehicle has not been available for hire as a public hire vehicle for the periods specified in sub-article 4 of article 20 of these...