S.I. No. 559/2012 - Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Fees) Regulations 2012.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Fees) Regulations 2012.

2. The fees to be paid, with effect from 1 January 2013, to a licensing authority on the application to it—

(

a

) for an Irish driving licence,

(

b

) a learner permit, or

(

c

) the exchange of a foreign driving licence for an Irish driving licence,

in the circumstances referred to in column (1) of Part 1 of the Schedule are as set out opposite in column (2) of that Part.

3. The fees to be paid, with effect from 12 January 2013, to a licensing authority on the application to it in respect of any of the matters referred to in column (1) of Part 2 of the Schedule are the fees set out opposite in column (2) of that Part.

4. Regulations 11 and 18 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (

S.I. No. 537 of 2006

) are revoked with respect to applications in respect of a driving licence or learner permit referred to in Regulation 2, on 1 January 2013.

Regulations 2and 3

SCHEDULE

Fees

Part 1

Licence(1)

Fee(2)€

10 year or a period greater than 3 years

55

3 year

35

1 year

25

Learner permit

35

Duplicate licence or learner permit

35

Exchange of foreign drivers licence

55

Part 2

Licence(1)

Fee(2)€

Additional new category to licence or learner permit

35

Removal of category from licence or learner permit

35

Replacement licence exchanged abroad

35

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 December 2012.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations provide for increases in driver licence fees. Those fees outlined in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Regulations will apply from 1 January 2013 and the fees outlined in Part 2 of the Schedule will apply from 12 January 2013.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

1

st January

, 2013.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 42 (inserted by

section 10

of the

Road Traffic Act 2006

(No. 23 of 2006) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 141 of 2011

), hereby make the following regulations