S.I. No. 130 of 2009

ROAD TRAFFIC (LICENSING OF DRIVERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 10th April, 2009.

I, NOEL AHERN, Minister of State at the Department of Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2002 )) and the Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (Road Traffic) Order 2008 ( S.I. No. 320 of 2008 ), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 7 April 2009.

2. The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 537 of 2006 ) are amended by substituting for paragraph (1) of Regulation 25 the following:

"(1) The fee to be paid to the issuing authority on application for a certificate of competency is-

(a) €110, where the application relates to vehicles of category EC1, EC, ED1 or ED, and subparagraph (c) does not apply to the application,

(b) €110, where the application relates to vehicles of category C1, C, D1 or D, and subparagraph (c) does not apply to the application,

(c) nil, where the application relates to vehicles in Category C1, C, D1, D, EC1, EC, ED1 or ED and the applicant satisfies the issuing authority that he or she is unemployed and has been unemployed for a continuous period of not less than 12 months immediately preceding the date of application and is registered with Forás Áiseanna Saothair (FÁS), and

(d) €75, in any other case.".

GIVEN under my hand,

7 April 2009

NOEL AHERN,

Minister of State at the Department of Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of these Regulations is to amend Regulation 25 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 537 of 2006) to provide for increases in respect of the driving test fees.