S.I. No. 566/2010 - Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2010.

1. This Order may be cited as the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2010.

2. The day fixed as the day on which Part 2 (other than section 23) and section 29(1)(

d

) (in so far as it relates to the insertion of paragraph (ca) into section 11(1) of the

Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008

(No. 15 of 2008)) of the

Public Transport Regulation Act 2009

(No. 37 of 2009) come into operation is 1 December 2010.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 November 2010.

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order enables the National Transport Authority to undertake the licensing of Public Bus Passenger Services, as provided for under Part 2 of the

Public Transport Regulation Act 2009

, with effect from 1 December 2010.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

3

rd December

, 2010.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 5

and

29

(2) of the

Public Transport Regulation Act 2009

(No. 37 of 2009), hereby order as follows