S.I. No. 69/1955 - Road Transport Act, 1933, Regulations, 1955.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3.—(1) The fee payable to the Minister on application for the grant, renewal or transfer of a merchandise licence shall be that prescribed in the First Schedule hereto.

(2) The fee payable to the Minister on application for an order under Part V of the Act shall be that prescribed in the First Schedule hereto.

(3) Every fee under this Article shall be lodged with the application and shall be payable in the form of a Post Office Money Order payable to the Paymaster General at the General Post Office, Dublin, and crossed " /& Co./ " or in the form of a cheque guaranteed by the bank on which it is drawn, payable to the credit of the Paymaster General.

4.—(1) The fee payable on application to a Chief Superintendent of the Garda Síochána for a vehicle plate, or for the issue of a vehicle plate by way of replacement, shall be that prescribed in the First Schedule hereto.

(2) Where in respect of an application for a vehicle plate the following conditions are complied with :—

(

a

) a vehicle in respect of which a vehicle plate has been issued ceases to be duly licensed, and

(

b

) such vehicle plate is on such cesser delivered to a member of the Garda Síochána at the plate issuing station at which such vehicle plate was issued, and

(

c

) the application is duly made within nine months after such delivery for the issue of a vehicle plate in respect of such vehicle,

the fee payable on such application for the issue of a vehicle plate shall, anything in paragraph (1) of this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, be that prescribed at 2(

c

) in the First Schedule hereto.

(3) The fee in respect of application for a vehicle plate, or application for the issue of a new vehicle plate by way of replacement, shall be payable by means of a stamp, being the amount of such fee impressed on the application form, and the Stamp Duties Management Act, 1891, shall apply to such fee and such stamp.

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

6. The Orders set out in the Second Schedule hereto are hereby revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE

FEES

(1) Merchandise Licences

(a) On application for a merchandise licence

Two pounds

(b) On application for the renewal of a merchandise licence

Two pounds

(c) On application for the transfer of a merchandise licence

Two

(2) Vehicle Plates

(a) On application for a vehicle plate

Two pounds

(b) On application for the issue of a vehicle plate by way of replacement

Two pounds

(c) On application for a vehicle plate if the conditions set out in Section 4 (2) are complied with

Five Shillings

(3) On application for an order under Part V of the Act

Four Pounds

SECOND SCHEDULE

Number and Year

Title

Extent of Revocation

S. R. & O. No. 120 of 1933

.

Road Transport Act, 1933

, (Part II) Regulations Order, 1933.

Part IV.

Number and Year

Title

Extent of Revocation

S. R. & O. No. 119 of 1933

.

Road Transport Act, 1933

, (Part V) Regulations Order, 1933.

Part III.

S. R. & O. No. 316 of 1937

.

Road Transport Act, 1933

, (Part II) Regulations Order, 1933 (Amendment) Order, 1937.

Article 4.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 25th day of April, 1955.

WILLIAM NORTON,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

S.I. No. 69 of 1955.

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1933, REGULATIONS, 1955.

I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

Section 6

of the

Road Transport Act, 1933

(No. 8 of 1933) as amended by the

Road Transport Act, 1934

(No. 17 of 1934), hereby make the following regulations :—

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the

Road Transport Act, 1933

, Regulations, 1955.

(2) The

Road Transport Act, 1933

, (Part II) Regulations Order, 1933, the

Road Transport Act, 1933

, (Part V) Regulations Order, 1933, the

Road Transport Act, 1933

(Section 29) Regulations Order, 1934, the

Road Transport Act, 1933

(Part II) Regulations Order, 1933 (Amendment) Order, 1937, and these Regulations, may be cited together as the

Road Transport Act, 1933

, Regulations, 1933 to 1955.

(3) In these Regulations, " the Act " means the

Road Transport Act, 1933

.