S.I. No. 189/2007 - Light Railway (Fixed Payment Notice) Regulations 2007

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Light Railway (Fixed Payment Notice) Regulations 2007.

2. (1) The form set out in Schedule 1 is prescribed as the form of the notice to be served on a person in relation to an offence alleged to have been committed under—

(

a

) section 64(1), 66A(5) or 66B(2) of the

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

(No. 55 of 2001), or

(

b

) section 118 or 132 of the

Railway Safety Act 2005

(No. 31 of 2005).

(2) The form set out in Schedule 2 is prescribed as the form of the notice to be served on a person in relation to an offence alleged to have been committed under section 54(5) of the

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

.

SCHEDULE 1 Light Railway Fixed Payment Notice

S.66C (inserted by s. 134 of Railway Safety Act 2005) of Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

To

(insert name)

Address

(insert address)

It is alleged that you committed an offence under the provision of the enactment and description of which is indicated below/overleaf

1

1 Place a tick or mark x in column (1) as appropriate

at

(insert place)

at

(Insert time)

on

(insert date)

You may during the period of 21 days beginning on the date of this notice pay to the Railway Procurement Agency, Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 or Veolia Transport Ireland Ltd., Red Cow Roundabout, Naas Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 the amount of €100 accompanied by this notice.

A prosecution in respect of the alleged offence will not be instituted during the above period and, if you pay this amount within this period, no prosecution in respect of the alleged offence will be instituted.

Signed

Authorised Officer of the Railway Procurement Agency/Veolia Transport Ireland Ltd (

delete as appropriate

)

Date

or

Signature of Member of the Garda No

Garda Síochána

Date

Alleged Offence

Ref. No.

Enactment and Provision

Description

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 — s. 64(1)

Trespassing on a railway, etc.

2

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 — S. 66A(5) (inserted by s. 134 of Railway Safety Act 2005)

Removal of a notice affixed to an immobilised vehicle by a person other than the owner or a person authorised by the owner.

3

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 — S. 66B (2) (inserted by s. 134 of Railway Safety Act 2005)

Failure or refusal to give name or address when required.Giving name or address which is false or misleading

2

.

4

Railway Safety Act 2005 — s. 118

Unlawful use of system of emergency communication between passengers and train drivers.

5

Railway Safety Act 2005 — s. 132 (2) s. 132(3)

2

.

Failure to—- deliver up ticket,- pay fare when required,- give name and address,Passenger—- travelling on railway without paying fare and avoiding payment,- travelling on train beyond distance for which fare was paid,- giving false or misleading name or address

2

.

2 Delete as appropriate.

SCHEDULE 2 Light Railway Fixed Payment Notice

S. 66C (inserted by s. 134 of Railway Safety Act 2005) of Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

To

(insert name)

Address

(insert address)

It is alleged that you committed an offence under section 54(5) of the

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

.

at

(insert place)

at

(Insert time)

on

(insert date)

by driving a light rail vehicle at a speed of

kilometres per hour, where a speed limit of

kilometres per hour was in force.

You may during the period of 21 days beginning on the date of this notice pay to the Railway Procurement Agency, Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 or Veolia Transport Ireland Ltd., Red Cow Roundabout, Naas Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 the amount of €100 accompanied by this notice.

A prosecution in respect of the alleged offence will not be instituted during the above period and, if you pay this amount within this period, no prosecution in respect of the alleged offence will be instituted.

Signature of Member of the Garda No

Garda Síochána

Date

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 April 2007

MARTIN CULLEN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of these regulations is to prescribe the form of notices and documents to be used where an Authorised Officer or a member of An Garda Síochána alleges that one of several specific offences under the

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

and the

Railway Safety Act 2005

has been committed and the amounts which a person who is liable to be prosecuted may pay as an alternative to the institution of a prosecution for the offence(

s

).

1 Place a tick or mark x in column (1) as appropriate

2 Delete as appropriate.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

4

th May

, 2007.

I, MARTIN CULLEN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 66C (inserted by

section 134

of the

Railway Safety Act 2005

(No. 31 of 2005)) of the

Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001

(No. 55 of 2001), hereby make the following regulations