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

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Merchandise Road Transport) Regulations, 1991.
2 Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
"the Act of 1933" means the Road Transport Act, 1933 (No. 8 of 1933);
"the Act of 1986" means the Road Transport Act, 1986 (No. 16 of 1986);
"appropriate fee" means the appropriate fee to which Regulation 16 of these Regulations relates;
"appropriate financial standing" shall be construed in accordance with Regulation 8 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;
(a) O.J. No. L308/18. 19.11.1974,
(b) O.J. No. L334/37. 24.12.1977.
(c) O.J. No. L335/72. 22.12.1984.
(d) O.J. No. L212/101. 22.07.1989.
(e) O.J. No. L202/46. 31.07.1990.
"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 Agricultural 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);
"carrier's licence" means either a national road freight carrier's licence or an international road freight carrier's licence;
"certificate of competence" means an international certificate of competence or a national certificate of competence granted in pursuance of paragraph (3) or (4) of Regulation 11 of these Regulations or 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 9 (1) of these Regulations relates;
"cooperative" means any cooperative registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1978;
"good repute" shall be construed in accordance with Regulation 7 of these Regulations;
"goods" does not include passenger's luggage or mails (including mail bags and postal packets) but does include anything which is merchandise within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 1933;
(b) O.J. No. L334/37. 24.12.1977.
"hired vehicle" means any vehicle which, for remuneration and for a determined period, is put at the disposal of an undertaking which engages in the carriage of goods by road for hire or reward or for its own account on the basis of a contract with the undertaking which makes the vehicles available;
"international road freight carrier's licence" has the meaning assigned by section 1 of the Act of 1986;
"Member States" means the Member States of the European Communities;
"merchandise" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 1933;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications;
"national road freight carrier's licence" has the meaning assigned by section 1 of the Act of 1986;
"the Principal Directive" means Council Directive No. 74/561/EEC of 12 November 1974(a), and every other Directive which amends or extends that Directive;
"the Register" has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 14 of these Regulations;
"the Regulations of 1977" means the European Communities (Merchandise Road Transport) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 386 of 1977 );
"the Regulations of 1988" means the European Communities (Merchandise Road Transport) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 180 of 1988 );