Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act, 2001

Amendment of Local Government Act, 1998, and Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act, 1997.

7.—(1) In this section, “driving licence” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 1961.

(2) Subsection (5) of section 6 of the Local Government Act, 1998 , shall have effect and be deemed always to have had effect—

(a) as if the reference therein to expenses incurred by the Minister, on or after 1 January 1998, in connection with the collection of motor vehicle tax included a reference to expenses incurred by the Minister, on or after the said date, in connection with the issuing of driving licences and the administration of miscellaneous fees and duties (within the meaning of section 5 of that Act), and

(b) in the event any difficulty arises or arose in determining the amount of the expenses incurred by the Minister in connection with the collection of motor vehicle tax, the issuing of driving licences or the administration of miscellaneous fees and duties, as if it contained a provision enabling the Minister to make an estimate of the said amount and specifying the amount estimated by the Minister pursuant to the said power to be, accordingly, the amount of the said expenses for the purposes of that subsection.

(3) Subsection (3) of section 6 (repealed by the Local Government Act, 1998 ) of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act, 1997 , shall be deemed always to have had effect—

(a) as if the reference therein to expenses incurred by the Minister, on or after 1 January 1997, in connection with the collection of motor vehicle tax included a reference to expenses incurred by the Minister, on or after the said date, in connection with the issuing of driving licences and the administration of miscellaneous fees and duties (within the meaning of section 5 of that Act), and

(b) in the event any difficulty arose in determining the amount of the expenses incurred by the Minister in connection with the collection of motor vehicle tax, the issuing of driving licences or the administration of miscellaneous fees and duties, as if it contained a provision enabling the Minister to make an estimate of the said amount and specifying the amount estimated by the Minister pursuant to the said power to be, accordingly, the amount of the said expenses for the purposes of that subsection.