S.I. No. 133/1955 - Cork Taximeter Area Fare Bye-Laws, 1955.

S.I. No. 133 of 1955.

CORK TAXIMETER AREA FARE BYE-LAWS, 1955.

I, DANIEL COSTIGAN, Commissioner of the Garda Siochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 139 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933), after consultation with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Cork, the Council of the County of Cork and the Town Commissioners of Passage West and with the consent of the Minister for Local Government testified by his official seal affixed hereto, make the following bye-laws:—

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Cork Taximeter Area Fare Bye-Laws, 1955.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these bye-laws.

3. In these bye-laws " the operative date " means—

(a) as respects a street service vehicle which is, at the time of the coming into force of these bye-laws, fitted with a taximeter which records the fare in accordance with the Schedule, the date of the coming into force of these bye-laws,

(b) as respects a street service vehicle which is, on or after the coming into force of these bye-laws and before the 1st day of January, 1956, fitted with such taximeter, the date of such fitting,

4. These bye-laws apply to the area declared to be a taximeter area by the City of Cork Taximeter Area Order, 1939 ( S. R. & O. No. 89 of 1939 ), namely—the County Borough of Cork together with such portion of the County of Cork (including the town of Passage West) as lies within a circle with a radius of ten miles having its centre at the Principal Post Office at Oliver Plunkett Street in the City of Cork.

5.—(1) The fares which may lawfully be charged for the hire of street service vehicles hired in the area to which these bye-laws apply shall, on and from the operative date, be in accordance with the Schedule.

(2) This bye-law shall not affect the validity of a contract for the payment of a lower fare than that hereby provided for.

6. A printed notice in the form of the Schedule to these bye-laws shall, on and from the operative date, be securely fixed in a glass-covered frame in the rear passenger compartment of every street service vehicle in such a position that it can be read conveniently by the passengers.

7.—(1) The following bye-laws are hereby revoked :

(a) the Cork Taximeter Area Fare Bye-Laws, 1939 ( S. R. & O. No. 107 of 1939 ),

(b) the Cork Taximeter Area Fare Bye-Laws, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 437 of 1947 ).

(2) Paragraph (1) of this Article shall have effect on the operative date.

SCHEDULE.

FARES FOR THIS VEHICLE FIXED BY THE COMMISSIONER, GARDA SÍOCHÁNA.

This Vehicle is fitted with a Taximeter recording the Fare by a combination of Time and Distance.

(a) For any distance not exceeding one statute mile, or time not exceeding fifteen minutes	1s.	6d.
(b) For any distance exceeding a statute mile, or time exceeding fifteen minutes :—
(i) For each third of a mile or time not exceeding five minutes		6d.
(ii) For any less distance or time		6d.

NOTES.

(i) The minimum fare is two shillings.

(ii) The fare is calculated by time when the vehicle is standing or is travelling at not more than four miles an hour.

(iii) No addition may be made to a fare in respect of a hiring on a Sunday or during the night time.

(iv) The fare is calculated from the time when the hiring begins.

(v) No charge may be made for any return journey when the vehicle is returning empty after the hiring has ended.

EXTRA PAYMENTS.

I.—Additional Passengers.
For each additional passenger (excluding infants in arms) beyond two.
For whole or part of journey	6d.
Note :—One or two children under the age of ten years count as one passenger, three or four as two passengers, and so on.
II.—Luggage.
Luggage carried on the luggage platform or other carrier :—
(a) For each bicycle, perambulator or child's mail cart (except when folded)	9d.
(b) For each other article or package so carried	3d.
Luggage note carried on the luggage platform or other carrier:—
For each article or package* beyond two	3d.

*(No account is taken of and no charge made for (a) articles of personal wear or use ordinarily carried on the person or in the hand ; (b) articles ordinarily so carried for games or sport ; (c) personal luggage not exceeding 2 feet in length in the form of attaché cases, bags, satchels, parcels or other similar packages or articles.)

For each basket or other receptacle containing one or more live animals	3d.
For each live animal not in a basket or other receptacle	3d.

The above extra payments are not payable unless—

(a) the driver records the amount on the taximeter, or

(b) the amount exceeds the amount that can be shown on the taximeter.

GIVEN under my hand, this 29th day of April, 1955.

(Signed) D. COSTIGAN,

Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

WHEREAS in pursuance of section 8 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933), the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána has submitted the foregoing bye-laws to the Minister for Local Government :

AND WHEREAS the provisions of subsections (1) and (5) of that section have been complied with in relation to the said bye-laws :

NOW, the Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 139 of the said Act, hereby consents to the making of the said bye-laws.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government, this fifth day of July, 1955.

(Signed) PATRICK O'DONNELL,

Minister for Local Government.