Roads Act 2007

Amendments to Taxi Regulation Act 2003.

13.— The Taxi Regulation Act 2003 is amended—

(a) in section 34—

(i) by substituting for subsection (1) the following:

“(1) The Commission may make regulations in relation to the licensing, ownership, control and operation of small public service vehicles and dispatch operators, the licensing and control of small public service vehicle drivers and small public service vehicle licence holders, and the standards to be applied to such vehicles and their drivers.”,

(ii) in subsection (2)(e)(v), by substituting “application for or renewal of” for “application for”,

(iii) by inserting after subsection (2)(e) the following:

“(ee) the standards to apply to the service provided by dispatch operators,”

(iv) in subsection (9), by deleting “, with the consent of the Minister”, and

(v) by inserting after subsection (10) the following:

“(11) In this Part, ‘ dispatch operator ’ means a person engaged in the activity of taking a booking of a small public service vehicle that is operated by another person and arranging with the operator or driver of the vehicle to provide the service booked.”,

(b) in section 38(6), by deleting “in consultation with the Minister”,

(c) in section 40(3), by substituting “that has been agreed” for “agreed”,

(d) in section 42(1) and 41(11), by substituting “small public service vehicle” for “taxi”,

(e) in section 44—

(i) by substituting “€5,000” for “€3,000” in each place it occurs, and

(ii) in subsection (2), by substituting “€2,000” for “€1,500”,

(f) in section 46—

(i) in subsection (1)(a), by substituting “section 34 or 39,” for “section 34,”, and

(ii) by deleting subsection (5),

and

(g) in section 52(2), by deleting “, with the consent of the Minister”.