Public Transport Regulation Act 2009
Number 37 of 2009
PUBLIC TRANSPORT REGULATION ACT 2009
REVISED
Updated to 22 October 2018
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009. 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 Markets in Financial Instruments Act 2018 (25/2018), enacted 29 October 2018, and all statutory instruments up to and including Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 436 of 2018), made 18 October 2018, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
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Number 37 of 2009
PUBLIC TRANSPORT REGULATION ACT 2009
REVISED
Updated to 22 October 2018
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
4. Laying of orders and regulations before the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Licensing of Public Bus Passenger Services
6. Requirement to be licensed.
8. Licence categories and periods of licences.
10. General provisions for the consideration of applications for grant of licences.
11. Offer of grant of licence.
13. Attachment of conditions to licences.
15. Requirement to commence public bus passenger services.
19. Revocation of licences by Authority.
20. Licensing of certain existing public bus passenger services.
24. Offences body corporate and proceedings for offences.
25. General provisions relating to operation of this Part.
26. Notifications and notices.
27. Transitional provision — application for licence under Act of 1932.
Amendments to Name and Functions of Dublin Transport Authority
29. Amendments to the Act of 2008.
30. National Transport Authority.
Dissolution of Commission for Taxi Regulation and transfer of staff and functions of Commission
31. Dissolution of Commission for Taxi Regulation.
32. Transfer of land and other property.
33. Transfer of rights and liabilities.
34. Preservation of existing contracts.
35. Continuance of legal proceedings.
36. References in legislation to Commission.
38. Admissibility in evidence of documents.
39. Transfer of employees of Commission.
40. Transfer of Commissioner for Taxi Regulation to Authority.
41. Transfer of functions of Commission to Dublin Transport Authority.
Amendments to Act of 2003, Act of 1993, Act of 2000, Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 and Roads Act 2007
42. Amendments to enactments and repeals.
43. Altered references to Commission and Council in Act of 2003.
Miscellaneous
45. Competent authority of Article 6 of Directive 2001/14/EC.
46. Measures to enhance public bus services — traffic calming measures.
Amendment of certain Acts
Amendment of Act of 2003
Amendment of Act of 1993
Amendment of Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001
Amendment of Roads Act 2007
Amendment of Act of 2003
Acts Referred to
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Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005 |
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2001, No. 19 |
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Companies Acts |
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2008, No. 15 |
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1972, No. 27 |
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2002, No. 5 |
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1966, No. 21 |
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2001, No. 37 |
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Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004 |
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Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 |
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1997, No. 20 |
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Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 |
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Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 |
2006, No. 27 |
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2000, No. 30 |
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2003, No. 29 |
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2001, No. 45 |
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Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2007 |
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1961, No. 24 |
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1994, No. 7 |
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2006, No. 23 |
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2006, No. 28 |
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1932, No. 2 |
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1933, No. 8 |
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1993, No. 14 |
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2007, No. 34 |
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1997, No. 39 |
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2003, No. 25 |
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Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 and 2001 |
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1958, No. 19 |
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2001, No. 55 |
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Transport (Re-organisation of Córas Iompair Éireann) Act 1986 |
1986, No. 31 |
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Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 |
Number 37 of 2009
PUBLIC TRANSPORT REGULATION ACT 2009
REVISED
Updated to 22 October 2018
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING OF PUBLIC BUS PASSENGER SERVICES, TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE DUBLIN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION FOR TAXI REGULATION, TO AMEND THE TAXI REGULATION ACT 2003, THE DUBLIN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT 2008 AND CERTAIN OTHER ENACTMENTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[27th November, 2009]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of Act affected (21.09.2011) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), regs. 42(22), 46(3), 63(2) and sch. 2, in effect as per reg. 1(3).
Screening for Appropriate Assessment and Appropriate Assessment of implications for European Sites
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(22) Notwithstanding any provision of any statute listed in the Second Schedule that provides for the consent for a plan or project to which this Regulation applies to be obtained by default on the failure of the public authority to provide a response within a specified timescale or otherwise, that provision shall not have effect in respect of any plan or project to which this Regulation applies
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Review of existing plans
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(3) For the purposes of this Regulation, a decision, including a decision to adopt or undertake, or give approval for a plan, may include those adopted, undertaken or approved pursuant to any of the enactments set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.
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General provisions regarding licences etc
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(2) A licence, consent, permission, permit, derogation or other authorisation given under these Regulations or under any of the enactments referred to in the Second Schedule may include conditions requiring compliance with any guideline or code of practice issued under Regulation 71 or such provisions thereof as may be specified in the conditions.
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SECOND SCHEDULE
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