S.I. No. 438/2006 - Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Maximum Fares) Order 2006

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Taxi Regulation Act (Maximum Fares) Order 2006.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on 25 September 2006.

2. In these Regulations “public holiday” has the same meaning as it has in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Second Schedule to the

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997

with the addition, where a public holiday falls on a Sunday, of the following weekday.

3. The fares contained in the Schedule are fixed as the maximum fares that may be charged by the driver of a taxi in respect of the national taximeter area, as declared by the National Taximeter Area Declaration 2006.

4. Any maximum fares fixed for particular taximeter areas in accordance with Regulation 27 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment Regulations 1995 (

S.I. No. 136 of 1995

) and in force immediately before the commencement of this Order are revoked.

SCHEDULE

Regulation 3

.

Standard Fare

Applies 08.00 hours to 20.00 hours

All fares are calculated and displayed in advance

Initial Fare

Monetary Value

€3.80

Distance Allowance

1,000.0

metres

Time Allowance

170.0

seconds

Tariff A

Monetary Unit

€0.20

Distance Allowance

210.5

metres

Time Allowance

35.7

seconds

Hourly Rate

€20.17

Rate per km

€0.95

Tariff A initiated at switch of running total from

€3.80 to €4.00

Range of Tariff A

€13.40

Graduates to Tariff B when running total switches from

€17.20 to €17.40

Maximum unit increments on Tariff A

67

Range of Tariff A when charged only on distance

14,103.5

metres

Range of Tariff A when charged only on time

2,391.9

seconds

Tariff B

Monetary Unit

€0.20

Distance Allowance

160.0

metres

Time Allowance

€27.2

seconds

Hourly Rate

€26.47

Rate per km

€1.25

Graduates to Tariff B when running total switches from

€17.20 to €17.40

Range of Tariff B

€18.80

Graduates to Tariff C when running total switches from

€36.00 to €36.20

Maximum unit increments on Tariff B

94

Range of Tariff B when charged only on distance

15,040.0

metres

Range of Tariff B when charged only on time

2,556.8

seconds

Tariff C

Monetary Unit

€0.20

Distance Allowance

122.7

metres

Time Allowance

20.8

seconds

Hourly Rate

€34.62

Rate per km

€1.63

Tariff C initiated when running total switches from

€36.00 to €36.20

Tariff C applies for the remainder of the journey

Premium Fare

Always applies 20.00 hours to 08.00 hours & all day Sunday and public holidays *

All fares are calculated and displayed in advance

Initial Fare

Monetary Value

€4.10

Distance Allowance

1,000.0

metres

Time Allowance

170.0

seconds

Tariff A

Monetary Unit

€0.20

Distance Allowance

160.0

metres

Time Allowance

27.2

seconds

Hourly Rate

€26.47

Rate per km

€1.25

Tariff A initiated at switch from

€4.10 to €4.30

Range of Tariff A

€17.60

Graduates to Tariff B when running total switches from

€21.70 to €21.90

Maximum unit Increments on Tariff A

88

Range of Tariff A when charged only on distance

14,080.0

metres

Range of Tariff A when charged only on time

2,393.6

seconds

Tariff B

Monetary Unit

€0.20

Distance Allowance

137.9

metres

Time Allowance

23.4

seconds

Hourly Rate

€30.77

Rate per km

€1.45

Graduates to Tariff B when running total switches from

€21.70 to €21.90

Range of Tariff B

€21.80

Graduates to Tariff C when running total switches from

€43.50 to €43.70

Maximum unit increments on Tariff B

109

Range of Tariff B when charged only on distance

15,031.1

metres

Range of Tariff B when charged only on time

2,550.6

seconds

Tariff C

Monetary Unit

€0.20

Distance Allowance

122.7

metres

Time Allowance

20.80

seconds

Hourly Rate

€34.62

Rate per km

€1.63

Tariff C initiated when running total switches from

€43.50 to €43.70

Tariff C applies for the remainder of the journey

Extra metered charges (where applicable)

Booking fee

€2.00

Each additional passenger after the first passenger

€1.00 per additional adult passenger (or per each additional two children under 12)

Soiling Charge, where applicable

€125.00

Given under the seal of the Commission for Taxi Regulation,

4 August 2006.

_________

Ger Deering

Commissioner for Taxi Regulation

Explanatory Memorandum

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

This Order sets a new National Fare in line with the table contained in the Schedule to the Order (explained in the fare card below). It also revokes all existing fares in relation to various taximeter areas.

National maximum taxi fare effective from 25th September 2006

Standard rate

8.00h—20.00h

Premium rate

20.00h—8.00h & Sundays & public holidays

Distance rate applies unless speed drops below 21 km/h when time rate applies.

Distance rate applies unless speed drops below 21 km/h when time rate applies.

INITIAL CHARGE

Includes 1km or 170 secs

€3.80

Fixed

INITIAL CHARGE

Includes 1km or 170 secs

€4.10

Fixed

TARIFF A

Next 14km or 40 mins

Up to €17.20

€0.95 per km

or

TARIFF A

Next 14km or 40 mins

Up to €21.70

€1.25 per km,

or

€0.34 per min

€0.44 per min

TARIFF B

Next 15km or 43 mins

Up to €36.00

€1.25 per km

or

TARIFF B

Next 15km or 43 mins

Up to €43.50

€1.45 per km

or

€0.44 per min

€0.51 per min

TARIFF C

Over 30km or 86 mins

Over €36.00

€1.63 per km

or

TARIFF C

Over 30km or 86 mins

Over €

43.50

€1.63 per km

or

€0.58 per min

€0.58 per min

EXTRA CHARGES

(where relevant)

Booking fee €2.00

Second and additional passengers €1.00 each.

Toll charges as applicable

Soiling charge € 125.00,

Tips at customer's discretion.

Discount at driver's discretion.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 438 of 2006

Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Maximum Fares) Order 2006

The Commission for Taxi Regulation, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 42

of the

Taxi Regulation Act 2003

(No. 25 of 2003), hereby makes the following order