S.I. No. 302/1986 - Road Transport Act, 1986 (Merchandise Licence Application Form) Regulations, 1986

1. Please insert below the required particulars in respect of each registered and taxed vehicle which the Applicant wishes to have authorised under the licence, if granted, and forward to the Department of Communications with this application the tax book(s) of the vehicle(s) listed below.

Registration No. of vehicle

Indicate by '✓' if tax book enclosed

Date of Calibration of Tachograph

Name and Address of Workshop in which tachograph calibrated

2. Please give the address of the Vehicle Plate Issuing Station at which Applicant desires that vehicle plates should be available for issue

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3. If the merchandise the Applicant proposes to carry is of a dangerous nature, please give details

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PART 2

GOOD REPUTE

4. If the Applicant is a Company or Partnership, please give the name and home address of each of the Directors or Partners

Name

Home Address

5. Please state convictions, if any, against—

(i) the Applicant, and where applicable—

(ii) the person being designated to satisfy the requirement of professional competence (see 8), and

(iii) any Director or Partner,

for relevant offences during the period of three years ending on the date of this application.

If there were no convictions please write NONE.

Name of person convicted

Date of conviction and Court

Nature of Offence

Penalty Imposed

Financial Standing

6. Please attach evidence that the Applicant satisfies the requirement of sound financial standing.

7. Please give details of any bankruptcy or of any winding-up proceedings with which the—

(i) Applicant, and where applicable—

(ii) any Director or Partner, and

(iii) the person being designated to satisfy the requirement of professional competence

is or was involved.

If there were no proceedings please write NONE.

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Professional Competence

8. (

a

) If Applicant holds a Certificate of Competence, please state the number of the Certificate and whether it is a National or International Certificate.

No. of Certificate of Competence ............................................................ ..........................

State whether National or International............................................................ ..................

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b

) If Applicant wishes to designate a person to satisfy the requirement of professional competence, please state his/her name and private address and forward details related to the Certificate of Competence held by the designated person.

Name: ............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................

Address: ............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................

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No. of Certificate of Competence ............................................................ ..............................................

State whether National or International ............................................................ ....................................

Please complete the statement below confirming that the designated person will continuously and effectively manage the merchandise road transport business of the Applicant—

I hereby declare that *Mr./Mrs./Miss ............................................................ ..............................................

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is or will be employed by the Applicant(s) on a full time basis with responsibility for continuously and effectively managing the merchandise road transport operations of the Applicant(s).

*Delete as necessary.

Signature of Applicant(s)

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In the case of a Limited Company or other body corporate

, the declaration should be signed by a Director, Company Secretary or other authorised officer of the Company and the person signing the declaration should indicate his/her status e.g. Director, Company Secretary or other authorised officer.

In the case of a Partnership

, the application should be signed by each of the Partners.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of September, 1986.

JIM MITCHELL,

Minister for Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Instrument is to prescribe the application form for a road freight carrier's licence (deemed to be a merchandise licence) as provided for by the

Road Transport Act, 1986

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S.I. No. 302 of 1986.

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1986 (MERCHANDISE LICENCE APPLICATION FORM) REGULATIONS, 1986

I, JIM MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 6

of the

Road Transport Act, 1933

(No. 8 of 1933), hereby make the following Regulations