Number 8/1933: ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1933

Next (PART I. Preliminary and General.)

8 1933

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Number 8 of 1933.

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ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1933.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Section
1.	Short title.
2.	Definitions.
3.	Existing carriers.
4.	Presumption of carriage of merchandise for reward.
5.	The appointed day.
6.	Regulations.
7.	Expenses.

PART II.

Regulation of Merchandise Road Transport Businesses.

8.	Exempted areas.
9.	Prohibition of carrying on merchandise road transport business by unlicensed persons.
10.	Vehicle plate issuing stations.
11.	Applications for merchandise licences.
12.	Grant of merchandise licences.
13.	Standard lorry weights and tractor weights for existing carrier.
14.	Operation of merchandise licences.
15.	Obligation of licensees to accept merchandise for carriage.
16.	Prohibition of undue preference by licensees.
17.	Conditions of merchandise licences.
18.	Amendment of conditions of a merchandise licence during its currency.
19.	Commencement and duration of merchandise licences.
20.	Application for renewal of merchandise licences.
21.	Grants of renewals of merchandise licences.
22.	Duration of renewals of merchandise licences.
23.	Expiry of licence held by a shipping company.
24.	Revocation of merchandise licences.
25.	Transfer of merchandise licences.
26.	Death of licensee under merchandise licence.
27.	Fees on the grant, etc., of merchandise licences.
28.	Accounts and returns by licensees under merchandise licences.
29.	Registers to be kept by the Minister.
30.	Issue of vehicle plates.
31.	Restriction on issue of vehicle plates.
32.	Delivery of vehicle plates in certain cases to Gárda Síochána.
33.	Fraudulent use of vehicle plates.
34.	Obligation to carry vehicle plate on vehicles carrying merchandise.
35.	Inspection of vehicles carrying merchandise.
36.	Prohibition of contracts for carriage of merchandise with unlicensed person.
37.	Amendment of the Public Roads (Ireland) Act, 1911.

PART III.

Charges for Carriage of Merchandise.

38.	Classification of merchandise.
39.	Schedules of charges.
40.	Variation of classification of merchandise.
41.	Variation of schedule of charges.
42.	Provisions in relation to settlement and amendment of schedules of charges.
43.	Duty of licensees to furnish information to the railway tribunal.
44.	Publication of classification of merchandise and schedule of charges.
45.	Maximum charges.

PART IV.

Provisions in Relation to the Railway Tribunal and Applications to the Railway Tribunal by Certain Public Bodies.

46.	Application of certain sections of the Railways Act, 1924.
47.	Procedure and fees.
48.	Appeals.
49.	Provision for applications by public authorities etc., in certain cases.

PART V.

Compulsory Transfer of Certain Merchandise Licenses and Passenger Licences, and Restrictions on Operation of Certain Merchandise Licences.

PART VI.

Compensation to Certain ex-Employees of Licensees Under Merchandise (Existing Carrier's) Licences and Annual Passenger Licences.

61.	Merchandise (existing carrier's) licences and annual passenger licences to which Part VI applies.
62.	Definitions in relation to Part VI.
63.	Compensation to ex-employees of certain licensees.
64.	Recovery of compensation under Part VI.

PART VII.

Amendment of Certain Enactments.

Acts Referred to
Road Transport Act, 1932	No. 2 of 1932
Railways Act, 1924	No. 29 of 1924
Railways (Amendment) Act, 1929	No. 23 of 1929
Railways (Miscellaneous) Act, 1932	No. 3 of 1932

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Number 8 of 1933.

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1933.

AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION FOR THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS, MERCHANDISE, AND MAILS BY ROAD. [12th June, 1933.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—