Anyone else see this new S.I. that came in earlier this week ?
COMMISSION FOR TAXI REGULATION
S.I. No. 501 of 2006.
TAXI REGULATION ACT 2003 (SMALL PUBLIC
SERVICE VEHICLES) (LICENSING) (No. 2)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2006.
The Commissioner for Taxi Regulation has made Regulations
under the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 entitled above.
These Regulations provide clarification in relation to the
circumstances in which it is lawful to charge a booking fee in
respect of a taxi or wheelchair accessible taxi service.
They provide that a booking fee may be charged where a taxi
or wheelchair accessible taxi is hailed in the street or engaged
at a taxi rank or, without having been pre-booked by the
consumer, at an airport or other transport station or terminal.
Copies can be purchased directly from the Government
Publications Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street,
Dublin 2 or by mail order from Government Publications, Postal
Trade Section, 51 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 (Tel: 01
6476834/35/36/37; Fax: 01 6476843) or through any bookseller
and can also be viewed at
www.taxiregulator.ie.
What does it mean ?