Equal Status Act, 2000
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Regulations relating to vehicle equipment. |
17.—(1) The Minister may, with the agreement of the Minister for Public Enterprise, make regulations requiring that new road or rail passenger vehicles which— | |
(a) are purchased or leased by an operator of a passenger road service or passenger rail service, and | ||
(b) are to be used for the purposes of either such service, | ||
shall be equipped so as to be readily accessible to and usable by persons with a disability. | ||
(2) Regulations under subsection (1) shall not apply to an operator whose principal place of business is outside the State. | ||
(3) Regulations under subsection (1) may be of general application or may be made in respect of any category of operator or vehicle and may specify— | ||
(a) the number or proportion of an operator's vehicles, or any category thereof, to which the regulations apply, | ||
(b) when the regulations come into effect in respect of an operator's vehicles or any category thereof, and | ||
(c) the terms and conditions to which an operator shall be subject in order for the Minister to ascertain whether the operator is complying with the regulations. | ||
(4) In subsection (1) “operator of a passenger road service” an operator of a passenger road service, within the meaning of section 2 of the Road Transport Act, 1932 , as amended by section 66 of the Road Transport Act, 1933 , including an operator who is, by virtue of the Transport Act, 1958 , exempt from the requirement to hold a passenger licence under the first-mentioned Act. |