Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1977

• Jurisdiction: Ireland

S.I. No. 111 of 1977.

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1977.

The Minister for Local Government 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) Regulations, 1977.

(2) These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1976 shall be construed together and may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1977.

(3) In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 191 of 1963 ) as amended by the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 200 of 1970 ) and the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment)) (No. 3) Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 252 of 1970 ). 2. There shall be substituted for article 7 of the Principal Regulations the following article—

"7. (1) Subject to sub-article (2) of this article, a person shall not use a vehicle as a public hire vehicle in a taximeter area unless—

(a) there is fitted to the vehicle a taximeter complying with these Regulations, and

(b) with effect from the 1st day of July, 1977 the vehicle bears an orange stripe nine inches in width painted from side to side on the front and on the rear of its roof and the remainder of the roof is of a colour which is readily distinguishable from the orange stripes.

(2) Sub-article (1) of this article shall not operate so as to prohibit in a taximeter area the carriage of persons for a reward in a small public service vehicle which is not fitted with a taximeter or which does not bear orange stripes in accordance with that sub-article where the contract to carry such persons is made outside the taximeter area." 3. Sub-article (4) of article 20 of the Principal Regulations is hereby revoked. 4. A licence for a small public service vehicle shall remain in force for a period of one year from the date of its grant or, where it was granted prior to the coming into operation of these Regulations, until the expiration of the period for which it was expressed to be in force, or, in every case, until the sooner—

(1) surrender or revocation of the licence, or

(2) change of ownership of the vehicle in respect of which the licence was granted (other than on the continuance in force of the licence in the name of the new owner of the vehicle in accordance with article 15 of these Regulations or on a devolution of the ownership on the personal representative of an owner who has died). 5...