European Communities (Road Passenger Transport) Regulations, 1991.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Road Passenger Transport) Regulations, 1991.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation—
( a ) in so far as they relate to road passenger transport operator's licences, on the 1st day of July, 1991, in the case of the holder of a subsisting road passenger certificate under the European Communities (Road Passenger Transport) Regulations, 1977 and 1981, and
( b ) in every other case, on the 21st day of March, 1991.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) (a) of this Regulation shall be construed so as to prevent the holder of a road passenger certificate from applying for a road passenger transport operator's licence.
2 Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
"the Act of 1932" means the Road Transport Act, 1932 (No. 2 of 1932);
(a) O.J. No. L 308, 19.11.1974, p. 23.
(b) O.J. No. L 334; 24.12.1977, p. 37.
(c) O.J. No. L 212; 22.07.1989, p. 101.
"the Act of 1961" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);
"appropriate fee" means the appropriate fee to which Regulation 16 of these Regulations relates;
"appropriate financial standing" shall be construed in accordance with Regulation 7 of these Regulations;
"auditor" means a person qualified for appointment as an auditor of a company by virtue of the Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990;
"bank" means the holder of a licence under section 9 of the Central Bank Act, 1971 (No. 24 of 1971);
"bank or other suitably qualified establishment" means a bank, a building society, the Agriculture Credit Corporation p.l.c., the Industrial Credit Corporation p.l.c., a trustee savings bank or the Post Office Savings Bank;
"building society" means a society to which an authorisation was granted by the Central Bank of Ireland, or deemed to have been granted, under section 17 of the Building Societies Act, 1989 (No. 17 of 1989);
"business name" means a business name registered under the Registration of Business Names Act, 1963 (No. 30 of 1963);
"the certificates register" means the register to which Regulation 14 (1) of these Regulations relates;
"certificate of competence" means an international certificate of competence or a national certificate of competence granted in pursuance of Regulation 10 of these Regulations or a corresponding certificate issued by another Member State to which Council Directive No. 77/796/EEC of 12 December 1977(b) relates;
"company" has the same meaning as it has in the Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990, and, where appropriate, includes a cooperative and any other body corporate duly established;
"the condition of professional competence" means the condition as to professional competence referred to in Article 3 of the Principal Directive and to which Regulation 8 of these Regulations relates;
(b) O.J. No. L 334; 24.12.1977, p. 37.
"cooperative" means any cooperative registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1978;
"good repute" shall be construed in accordance with Regulation 6 of these Regulations;
"international road passenger transport operator's licence" means a licence granted under Regulation 3 of these Regulations authorising an undertaking to engage in the occupation of road passenger transport operator either or both within the State and outside the State;
"large public service vehicle" means a vehicle so constructed and equipped as to be suitable for carrying more than nine persons, including the driver, and intended for that purpose;
"the licences register" means the register established by virtue of Regulation 14 (2) of these Regulations;
"Member States" means the Member States of the European Communities;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications;
"national road passenger transport operator's licence" means a licence granted under Regulation 3 of these Regulations authorising an undertaking to engage in the occupation of road passenger transport operator within the State;
"the occupation of road passenger transport operator" means the activity of any undertaking operating, by means of large public service vehicles, passenger transport services for the public or for specific categories of users against payment by the person transported or by the transport organiser;
"the Principal Directive" means Council Directive No. 74/562/EEC of 12 November 1974(a), and every Directive which amends or extends that Directive;
"public service vehicle licence" means a licence granted under Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles Licensing) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 292 of 1978 ), in respect of a vehicle constructed and equipped so as to be suitable for the carrying of more than nine persons, including the driver;
(a) O.J. No. L 308; 19.11. 1974, p. 23.
"the registers" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 14 of these Regulations;
"the Regulations of 1977" means the European Communities (Road Passenger Transport) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 388 of 1977 );