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S.I. No. 30/1991 - Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991.

S.I. No. 30 of 1991.

ROAD VEHICLES (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1991.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5, 6 and 12 of the Roads Act, 1920 and sections 1 and 3 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952 (No. 24 of 1952) hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1. ( a ) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulatins, 1991.

( b ) These Regulations and the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1982 to 1990 shall be construed as one and may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1982 to 1991.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1991.

3. The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 311 of 1982 ) are hereby amended by:—

( a ) the substitution for article 17 thereof of the following article:—

"17. Where the amount of a refund payable under article 14 or article 15 of these Regulations equals a number of whole pounds and a fraction of a pound, the fraction shall be regarded as a whole pound.",

( b ) the substitution for article 29 thereof of the following article:—

"29. (1) A licence may be taken out under section 1 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952 for a period of three months or six months ending on the last day of any month in respect of a vehicle (not being a tramcar or a vehicle on which duty is chargeable at an annual rate which is less than £70) on payment of an amount equal to 27½ per cent or 55 per cent, respectively, of the full annual rate of duty.

(2) Where the amount referred to in sub-article (1) of this article is a number of whole pounds and a fraction of a pound, the fraction shall be regarded as a whole pound.".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this

20th day of February, 1991.

PÁDRAIG FLYNN,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for the calculation of the amount (in whole pounds) payable in relation to quarterly and half-yearly vehicle licences (tax discs) and refunds of vehicle excise duty.