Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1968

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 273/1968
• Year: 1968

S.I. No. 273 of 1968.

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1968.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the power 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, 1968.

(2) These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1967, may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1968.

(3) In these Regulations " the Principal Regulations " means the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 191 of 1963 ). 2. Sub-article (1) of article 3 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution in the definition of " Cork taximeter area " for the word " ten " of the word " six ". 3. Article 12 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following sub-article—

" (2) There shall not be used or exhibited in or on a small public service vehicle other than a licensed public hire vehicle any telephone number or any sign or advertisement indicating the nature of the business in which the vehicle or its owner is engaged or that the vehicle is for hire." 4. Part IV of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution for the words " licensed public hire vehicles " wherever these words appear, save in article 43, of the words " small public service vehicles." 5. There shall be substituted for article 43 of the Principal Regulations the following—

" 43. (1) A person shall not drive a small public service vehicle unless there is in force in respect of that person a licence to drive small public service vehicles.

(2) A person shall not drive a licensed public hire vehicle in a taximeter area unless there is endorsed on the licence referred to in sub-article (1) of this article a statement by the Commissioner or any officer of the Garda Síochána authorised by the Commissioner that such person has satisfied the Commissioner or officer that he has an adequate knowledge of the taximeter area.

(3) The owner of a small public service vehicle shall not employ a person as a driver of such a vehicle unless there is in force in respect of that person a licence to drive small public service vehicles and shall not employ a person as a driver of a licensed public hire vehicle operating in a...