Taxi Regulation Act 2013
Number 37 of 2013
TAXI REGULATION ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 1 April 2025
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2025 (1/2025), enacted 21 February 2025, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Taxi Regulation (Taxi Maximum Permissible Age) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 92 of 2025), made 25 March 2025, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 37 of 2013
TAXI REGULATION ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 1 April 2025
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title, commencement and collective citation
Small Public Service Vehicle Licensing
8. Assessment of licence applicants and notification of health issues
9. Grant and renewal of licence
10. Suitable person to hold licence
12. Revocation - suspension of licence
13. Representations and appeals
14. Prohibition on transfer of licence
16. Revocation of licence on change of control of company
Regulation of Small Public Service Vehicle Industry
19. Function of Authority to regulate taxi industry, etc.
20. Small public service vehicle regulations
22. Prohibition on providing small public service vehicle services without licence
23. Obligations on public service vehicle drivers towards passengers
25. Appointed stands (taxi ranks)
26. Restriction on use of “taxi”
28. Forgery and unlawful use of small public service vehicle and driver identification
29. Regulation of passengers in small public service vehicles
Mandatory Disqualifications
31. Obligation to give licensing authority details of offences
32. Proof of foreign convictions
Demerit Scheme
36. Period of endorsement of demerits
37. Notification to licence holder of endorsement of demerits
38. Disqualification by reason of demerits
Enforcement
43. Prohibition on obstruction of authorised officer
47. Revocation of licence by court consequent upon conviction
49. Payment of fixed amount on service of summons
Other Non-Taxi Services
Community Transport Service
52. Approved community transport service
53. Exemption application process - community transport service
55. New vehicle or volunteer drivers
Other exemptions from licensing regulations
56. Regulations granting exemptions from requirements of licensing regulations
Administrative
57. Representations and appeal process
60. Powers of authorised persons - Part 7
Administration
67. Continuance of regulations
68. Certificates of insurance and requirement to have adequate insurance cover
69. Ministerial policy directives
70. Performance of functions of Garda Commissioner under this Act
Advisory Committee on Small Public Service Vehicles
73. Functions of Advisory Committee
Amendment of Act of 2008
75. Extension of Powers of Authority to whole State
Amendment of Road Traffic Act 2010
76. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 2010
77. Amendment of Part 3 of Act of 2010
Amendment of Section 2 of Metrology Act 1996
78. Amendment of definitions in section 2 of Metrology Act 1996
Specified Offences
Life Disqualification
Disqualification for Specified Period
Acts Referred to
Air Navigation and Transport Act 1973 (No. 29)
Air Navigation and Transport Act 1975 (No. 9)
Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (No. 22)
Children Act 2001 (No. 24)
Companies Acts
Courts (No. 3) Act 1986 (No. 33)
Criminal Damage Act 1991 (No. 31)
Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 (No. 41)
Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (No. 2)
Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000 (No. 16)
Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (No. 2)
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (No. 50)
Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention Against Torture) Act 2000 (No. 11)
Criminal Justice Act 2006 (No. 26)
Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 (No. 8)
Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act 1976 (No. 14)
Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 32)
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 (No. 20)
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 (No. 15)
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 69)
Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (No. 15)
European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27)
Explosive Substances Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict., c. 3)
Finance Act 2002 (No. 5)
Firearms Act 1925 (No. 17)
Firearms Act 1964 (No. 1)
Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 (No. 12)
Geneva Conventions Act 1962 (No. 11)
International Criminal Court Act 2006 (No. 30)
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)
Maritime Security Act 2004 (No. 29)
Metrology Act 1996 (No. 27)
Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (No. 12)
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 (No. 26)
Offences Against the State Act 1939 (No. 13)
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c. 93)
Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 (No. 37)
Punishment of Incest Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c.45)
Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24)
Road Traffic Act 2002 (No. 12)
Road Traffic Act 2004 (No. 44)
Road Traffic Act 2006 (No. 23)
Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25)
Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011 (No. 28)
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011
Road Transport Act 1932 (No. 2)
Road Transport Act 1933 (No. 8)
Road Transport Act 1986 (No. 16)
Roads Act 1993 (No. 14)
Roads Act 2007 (No. 34)
Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act 1996 (No. 38)
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)
Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (No. 25)
Number 37 of2013
TAXI REGULATION ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 1 April 2025
An Act to provide for the revision of the regulation of the small public service vehicle industry and for those purposes to provide for mandatory disqualification for drivers of small public service vehicles convicted of certain offences and a demerit scheme relating to drivers of small public service vehicles, to repeal the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 and section 84 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, to amend section 2 of the Metrology Act 1996, the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 and the Road Traffic Act 2010, and to provide for related matters. [23rd October, 2013]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E1
Previous affecting provision: small public service vehicles subject to Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 322 of 2014), as provided (28.07.2014) by reg. 3(4) and Road Traffic Act 1961 (24/1961), s. 18; revoked (20.05.2018) by Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 415 of 2017), reg. 20, in effect as per reg. 1(2), subject to transitional provision in reg. 21.