Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 47/1998
• Year: 1998

S.I. No. 47 of 1998.

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1998

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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), hereby makes the following Regulations : 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.

(2) These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1997 shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1998. 2. In these Regulations:

"the Regulations of 1992" means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 172 of 1992 ) ;

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

"the Regulations of 1997" means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 193 of 1997 ). 3. Articles 3, 4 and 5 of the Regulations of 1997 are hereby revoked. 4. The following shall be substituted for sub-article (4) of article 3 of the Regulations of 1995:

"(4) In these Regulations, any reference to a wheelchair accessible taxi shall be construed as a reference to a vehicle -

(a) in respect of which a wheelchair accessible taxi licence has been granted under the Regulations of 1992 and has been deemed to have been granted under these Regulations, or

(b) in respect of which a wheelchair accessible taxi licence has otherwise been granted under these Regulations prior to the commencement of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998, or

(c) which in any other case complies with the requirements set out in the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 and in respect of which a wheelchair accessible taxi licence has been granted.". 5. The following shall be substituted for paragraph (b) of article 13 (1) of the Regulations of 1995:

"(b) where the applicant presents to the licensing authority a certificate issued by the Commissioner that the vehicle to which the licence is to refer has been inspected by the Commissioner and that the Commissioner is satisfied that the vehicle is suitable to be licensed as a taxi or as a wheelchair accessible taxi and that the vehicle complies with the Regulations in operation under section 11 of the Act, and, as appropriate, with the requirements of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1998, applicable to the vehicle, and ". 6. The Regulations of 1995 are hereby amended by the insertion of the following sub-article after sub-article 16 (2) -

"(2A) For the purposes of sub-article 2(a), compliance with article 13 (1) (b) insofar as the same concerns the requirements of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1998 applicable to a vehicle which is a wheelchair accessible taxi shall be -

(a) in the case of a vehicle in respect of which a wheelchair accessible taxi licence has been granted under the Regulations of 1992 and has been deemed to have been granted under these Regulations, that the vehicle has seating accommodation for at least three persons in addition to a passenger seated in a wheelchair and complies with the requirements set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations, and

(b) in the case of any other vehicle in respect of which a wheelchair accessible taxi licence has been granted, that the vehicle complies with the requirements set out in the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.". 7. Article 17 of the Regulations of 1995 is hereby amended -

(a) by the substitution of the following for...