37 of 2013

TAXI REGULATION ACT 2013

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2023

Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

National Transport Authority Acts 2008 to 2016: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be read together as one (Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 10(2)). The Acts in the group are:

• Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (15/2008)

• Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 (37/2009), Part 3

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013), Part 10

• Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 1

Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2018: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be read together as one (Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 (18/2018), s. 6(3)). The Acts in the group are:

• Road Traffic Act 1961 (24/1961)

• Road Traffic Act 1968 (25/1968)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1973 (15/1973) (repealed)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1978 (19/1978) (repealed)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1984 (16/1984)

• Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act 1987 (34/1987), insofar as it amends the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 1984

• Road Traffic Act 1994 (7/1994)

• Road Traffic Act 1995 (7/1995) (repealed)

• Road Traffic Act 2002 (12/2002)

• Road Traffic Act 2003 (37/2003) (repealed)

• Road Traffic Act 2004 (44/2004), other than Part 6

• Railway Safety Act 2005 (31/2005), Part 17

• Road Traffic Act 2006 (23/2006)

• Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 (28/2006), s. 1 (repealed)

• Roads Act 2007 (34/2007), s. 12

• Road Traffic Act 2010 (25/2010)

• Road Traffic Act 2011 (7/2011)

• Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011 (28/2011)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013), Part 11

• Road Traffic Act 2014 (3/2014)

• Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2014 (39/2014)

• Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 (13/2015), Part 5 (citation only)

• Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 8

• Road Traffic Act 2016 (21/2016)

• Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 (18/2018)

Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be read together as one (Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 10(3)). The Acts in the group are:

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (37/2013)

• Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), ss. 2 and 3

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7/2022)

• Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Act 2021 (42/2021)

• Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2016)

• Road Traffic Act 2016 (21/2016)

• Public Transport Act 2016 (03/2016)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)

• Fines Act 2010 (8/2010)

All Acts up to and including Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Fixed Payment Offences And Driver Licence Period) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 589 of 2022)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Contingency Measure – Vehicle Supply) (Maximum Permissible Age) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 588 of 2022)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Cashless Payment Facility) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 294 of 2022)

• Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 293 of 2022)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (Maximum Permissible Age) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 482 of 2021)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (Fees) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 364 of 2021)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (Expired Licence) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 363 of 2021)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 256 of 2021)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 666 of 2020)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) (Fees) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 665 of 2020)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure Covid-19) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 175 of 2020)

• Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 458 of 2017)

• Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulation 2016 (S.I. No. 236 of 2016)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (Maximum Fares) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 127 of 2015)

• Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 33 of 2015)

• Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014 (Small Public Service Vehicle) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 507 of 2014)

• Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 322 of 2014)

• Small Public Service Vehicle (Consolidation and Reform) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 165 of 2014)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 163 of 2014)

• Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (Public Service Contracts) (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 524 of 2013)

All statutory instruments up to and including Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.