Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order 2017

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 458/2017
• Year: 2017

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th October, 2017.

The National Transport Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 24 of the Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016 (No. 37 of 2013 as amended), hereby makes the following order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order 2017.

2. This Order shall come into operation on 1 February 2018.

3. In this Order “public holiday” has the same meaning as it has in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Second Schedule to the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 with the addition, where a public holiday falls on a Sunday, of the following weekday.

4. The fares contained in the Schedule are fixed as the maximum fares and charges that may be charged by the driver of a taxi in respect of journey undertaken in the State.

SCHEDULE

Standard Rate: To be displayed in the Rate/Tariff Window as 1 Applies 08.00 hours to 20.00 hours, Monday to Saturday Changeover Speed (at all times) 21.2 km/hr Initial Charge Monetary Value €3.80 Distance Allowance 500 metres Time Allowance 84.9 seconds Tariff A Monetary Unit €0.20 Distance Allowance 175.4 metres Time Allowance 29.8 seconds Hourly Tariff €24.17 Tariff per km €1.14 Tariff A initiated at switch of running total from €3.80 to €4.00 Range of Tariff A €16.60 Graduates to Tariff B when running total switches from €20.40 to €20.60 Maximum Unit Increments on Tariff A 83 Range of Tariff A when charged only on distance 14,561.4 metres Range of Tariff A when charged only on time 2,472.7 seconds Tariff B Monetary Unit €0.20 Distance Allowance 133. 3 metres Time Allowance 22.6 seconds Hourly Tariff €31.80 Tariff per km €1.50 Tariff B applies for the remainder of the journey

Premium Rate: To be displayed in the Rate/Tariff Window as 2 Applies 20.00 hours to 08.00 hours, Monday to Saturday, and all day Sunday and all day in relation to public holidays (except Christmas and New Year) Changeover Speed (at all times) 21.2 km/hr Initial Charge Monetary Value €4.20 Distance Allowance 500 metres Time Allowance 84.9 seconds Tariff A Monetary Unit €0.20 Distance Allowance 137.9 metres Time Allowance 23.4 seconds Hourly Tariff €30.74 Tariff per km €1.45 Tariff A initiated at switch of running total from €4.20 to €4.40 Range of Tariff A €21.20 Graduates to Tariff B when running total switched from €25.40 to €25.60 Maximum Unit Increments on Tariff A 106 Range of Tariff A when charged only on distance 14,620.7 metres Range of Tariff A when charged only on time 2,482.8 seconds Tariff B Monetary Unit €0.20 Distance Allowance 111.1 metres Time Allowance 18.9 seconds Hourly Tariff €38.16 Tariff per km €1.80 Tariff B applies for the remainder of the journey

Special Rate for Christmas & New Year: To be displayed in the Rate/Tariff Window as 3 A special rate applies between Christmas Eve 20:00h to St. Stephen’s Day 08:00h and New Year’s Eve 20:00h to New Year’s Day 08:00h. Changeover Speed (at all times) 21.2 km/hr Initial Charge Monetary Value €4.20 Distance Allowance 5...