S.I. No. 346/1980:

MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLES (INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1980.

MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLES (INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1980.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 38 of the Local Government Act, 1955 (No. 9 of 1955) hereby order as follows:--

1. (1) This order may be cited as the Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order, 1980.

(2) This order and the Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (International Circulation) Orders 1961 to 1976 may be cited together as the Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (International Circulation) Orders 1961 to 1980.

2. The following article shall be substituted for article 16 of the Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (International Circulation) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 269 of 1961 ) (as substituted by article 4 of the Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order, 1964 ( S.I. No. 59 of 1964 ) as amended by the Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order, 1976 ( S.I. No. 71 of 1976 )):--

"16. As respects vehicles registered in the State and persons holding driving licences (other than driving licences on which the words "Visitor's Driving Licence" have been added) the Automobile Association of Suffolk Street, Dublin, and the Royal Irish Automobile Club of Dawson Street, Dublin, are hereby authorised --

( a ) to issue international driving permits under and in accordance with the Convention of 1949 and in accordance with any directions given from time to time by the Minister and to charge for each permit a fee of £2, and

( b ) for the purposes of the Convention of 1949 to assign, in accordance with any directions given from time to time by the Minister, identification marks to trailers about to be brought out of the State by a person making a temporary stay out of the State."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment

this 18th day of November, 1980.

RAPHAEL P. BURKE

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to amend the Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (International Circulation) Orders 1961 to 1976 so as to increase the fee for an international driving permit to £2.