LegalizeS.I. No. 59/1991 - European Communities (Road Passenger Transport) Regulations, 1991
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9 amending acts · 2012-01-03, S.I. No. 697/2011 - European Union (Occupation of Road Transport Operator) Regulations 2011
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 21st day of March, 1991.
SEAMUS BRENNAN,
Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Instrument implements the revised conditions for access to the occupation of road passenger transport operator which are provided for in EC Council Directive No. 89/438/EEC.
The Instrument introduces a new licence known as a road passenger transport operator's licence. Subject to the exemptions in Regulation 4, any undertaking engaged in the occupation of road passenger transport, which means the carriage for payment of passengers in vehicles with seating accommodation for more than nine persons including the driver, must hold a licence. Applicants for road passenger transport operator's licences must satisfy the revised requirements of good repute, adequate financial standing and professional competence. The Instrument introduces a requirement to ensure continued compliance with the access provisions.
This Instrument also empowers the Minister or a person or body designated by him, to grant certificates of competence on the basis of at least five years practical experience at management level in a road passenger transport operation. It also lays down the procedure to be followed in the case of cessation of business or in the case of death or incapacity of the holder of a road passenger transport operator's licence or of a transport manager. Penalties for failure to comply with the requirements are also included.
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