S.I. No. 217/1995 - Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.

2. These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations, 1989 to 1994 shall be construed together and may be cited collectively as "the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations, 1989 to 1995".

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1995.

4. The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations, 1989 (

S.I. No. 285 of 1989

), as amended, are hereby further amended by the substitution of the following sub-article for sub-article (1) of article 27:—

"(1) The fee to be paid to the issuing authority on application for a certificate of competency shall be:—

(

a

) £60 where the application relates to vehicles of category EC1, EC, ED1 and ED, other than an application under the terms of paragraph (

c

) of this sub-article;

(

b

) £50 where the application relates to vehicles in category C1, C, D1 or D, other than an application under the terms of paragraph (

c

) of this sub-article;

(

c

) Nil where the application relates to vehicles in category C1, C, D1, D, EC1, EC, ED1 or ED and where the applicant satisfies the issuing authority that he or she is unemployed and has been unemployed for a continuous period of not less than 12 months immediately preceding the date of application and is registered with Foras Aiseanna Saothair (FAS).

(

d

) £30 in any other case.".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, this 8th day of August, 1995.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for changes in the arrangements in relation to the fees payable for driving tests.

S.I. No. 217 of 1995.

ROAD TRAFFIC (LICENSING OF DRIVERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 5

and

42

of the

Road Traffic Act, 1961

(No. 24 of 1961) hereby makes the following Regulations:—