STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 445 of 1999.

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) REGULATIONS, 1999.

S.I. No. 445 of 1999.

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) REGULATIONS, 1999.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government 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 ), which powers were delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 427 of 1997 ), I, ROBERT MOLLOY, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1999.

(2) The collective citation the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 to 1999 shall include these Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

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

“the Dublin taximeter area” means the area specified in column 1 of the Regulations of 1995 and altered by Dublin Corporation under article 7 of the said regulations.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of article 27 of the Regulations of 1995 and any fares determined thereunder by the licensing authority for the Dublin taximeter area, an additional amount of £5.00 shall be payable for each hiring by a taxi or a wheelchair accessible taxi in the Dublin taximeter area between the hours of 12.00 noon on 31 December 1999 and 12.00 noon on 1st January 2000.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations provide for the payment of an additional amount of £5 for each hiring of a taxi or a wheelchair accessible taxi in the Dublin taximeter area between the hours of 12.00 noon on 31 December, 1999 and 12.00 noon on 1st January, 2000.