S.I. No. 48/2008 - Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Grant of Hackney and Limousine Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

1. These Regulations may be cited as the

Taxi Regulation Act 2003

(Grant of Hackney and Limousine Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008.

2. The Fourth Schedule to the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (

S.I. No. 136 of 1995

) as amended by Regulation 7 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 (

S.I. No. 534 of 2001

) is amended by substituting the following for paragraph 2.

“2. A fee of €1,000 shall be payable in respect of—

(

a

) the grant of a hackney licence,

(

b

) the grant of a limousine licence.”.

GIVEN under the seal of the Commission for Taxi Regulation,

1 February 2008

KATHLEEN DOYLE.

Commissioner for Taxi Regulation

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations increase the fee for the grant of a hackney or limousine licence to €1,000 from 1 February 2008.

S.I. No. 48 of 2008

TAXI REGULATION ACT 2003 (GRANT OF HACKNEY AND LIMOUSINE LICENCE FEES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

4

th March

, 2008.

The Commission for Taxi Regulation, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 34 and 39 of the

Taxi Regulation Act 2003

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