S.I. No. 141/1994:

ROAD TRANSPORT ACTS (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1994.

ROAD TRANSPORT ACTS (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1994.

I, BRIAN COWEN, Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 6 , 7 and 27 of the Road Transport Act, 1933 (No. 8 of 1933), section 10 of the Road Transport Act, 1986 (No. 16 of 1986), and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, ( S.I. No. 92 of 1987 ) (as adapted by the Tourism, Transport and Communications (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 17 of 1993 )), with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Transport Acts (Fees) Regulations, 1994.

(2) The Road Transport Acts Regulations, 1933 to 1988, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Road Transport Acts Regulations, 1933 to 1994.

(3) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1994.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. The fee payable to the Minister on application for the grant of a carrier's licence shall be that prescribed in the Schedule hereto.

4. The fee payable for inspection of the Register shall be a fee of £5 per hour or part thereof.

5. The fee payable for a copy of an entry in the Register shall be a fee of £5.

6. Every fee under these Regulations shall be payable either in the form of cash or in the form of a cheque, money order, bank draft or postal order payable to the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications and shall be lodged with the application.

7. Every fee collected under these Regulations shall be paid into the Exchequer.

8. The Road Transport Act, 1933 , Regulations, 1955 ( S.I. No. 69 of 1955 ), and the Road Transport Acts (Fees) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 193 of 1988 ), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

FEES.

National and International Road Freight Carrier's Licences.

1. ( a ) On an application for the grant of a national road freight carrier's licence under section 3 (6) of the Road Transport Act, 1986 , a fee of £55 together with, in respect of each vehicle to be specified in the licence, a fee of £75.

( b ) On an application during the period of validity of a national road freight carrier's licence, in respect of an additional vehicle to be specified in the licence, a fee, in respect of each period of 6 months or less of the unexpired period of the licence, of £13.

2. ( a ) On an application for the grant of an international road freight carrier's licence under section 3 (6) of the Road Transport Act, 1986 , a fee of £55 together with, in respect of each vehicle to be specified in the licence, a fee of £180.

( b ) On an application, during the period of validity of an international road freight carrier's licence, in respect of an additional vehicle to be specified in the licence, a fee, in respect of each period of 6 months or less of the unexpired period of the licence, of £18.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of May, 1994.

BRIAN COWEN,

Minister for Transport, Energy and

Com munications.

The Minister for Finance consents to the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 4th day of May, 1994.

PHILIP FURLONG.

A person authorised under the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 , by the Minister for Finance to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Instrument is to prescribe fees on application for the grant of national and international road freight carriers' licences under section 3 (6) of the Road Transport Act, 1986 . It also eliminates stamp duty fees for vehicle plates.