STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

SI 178 of 2005

Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

I, Brian Cowen, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 92 (as amended by section 17 of Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (No. 28 of 1992)) of the Finance Act 1989 (No. 10 of 1989), and after consultation with the Minister for Health and Children (as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 ( S.I. No.308 of 1997 )) and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (as adapted by the Environment and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2003 ( S.I. No. 233 of 2003 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1.        These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) (Amendment) Regulations 2005.

2.        Regulation 6 (inserted by the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 469 of 2004 )) of the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 353 of 1994 ) is amended -

(a)    in paragraph (1) (a), by substituting “the Minister for Finance shall appoint 5 medical practitioners and may appoint a further 5 medical practitioners” for “the Minister for Finance shall appoint 5 medical practitioners”, and

(b)    in paragraph (1) (b), by substituting “One of the appointed medical practitioners” for “One of the 5 appointed medical practitioners”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations allow the Minister for Finance to appoint an additional five medical practitioners to the Medical Board of Appeal for the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme.

This means that the Minister for Finance may now appoint up to ten medical practitioners to the Board