STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 482 of 2006

Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Small Public Service Vehicles) (Tamper-Proof Licence Disc) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

The Commission for Taxi Regulation, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 34 and 39 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (No. 25 of 2003), hereby makes the following regulations:

1.   (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Small Public Service Vehicles) (Tamper-Proof Licence Disc) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

(2)  These Regulations come into operation on 25 September 2006.

2.   The Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Tamper-Proof Licence Disc) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2006 ) are amended -

(a)  in Regulation 4A. (as inserted by the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Small Public Service Vehicles) (Licensing) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 467 of 2006 )) by substituting -�to which a tamper-proof disc is not affixed-� for -�in respect to which no tamper-proof disc has been affixed-�, and

(b)  after Regulation 4A. by inserting the following paragraph:

-�4B. Notwithstanding Regulation 4., on change of ownership of a small public service vehicle, the holder of the small public service vehicle licence in respect of that vehicle shall remove the tamper-proof licence disc referred to in Regulation 3 and confirm to the Commission for Taxi Regulation that this disc has been so removed.-�.

Given under the seal of the Commission for Taxi Regulation,

18 September 2006.

Ger Deering

Commissioner for Taxi Regulation

Explanatory Memorandum

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations require that, on change of ownership of a small public service vehicle, the licence-holder removes the tamper-proof licence disc and notifies the Commission for Taxi Regulation of the removal of the disc.