Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 33:

In page 28, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:“21.—(1) This section does not apply to—

(a) a person driving or using a bus (within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 2009)—

(i) in the operation of a public bus passenger service (within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 2009), or
(ii) which has been hired, other than in a public place, for the carriage for reward of passengers,

and
(b) in relation to subsection (1), a person driving or using a mechanically propelled vehicle in accordance with section 50* or 53**.

(2) A person shall not drive or use a mechanically propelled vehicle to which this section applies in a public place for the carriage of persons for hire or reward unless—”.

These are purely drafting and technical amendments. Amendment No. 33 provides in subsection (1) for the exclusion from the prohibition of operating without an SPSV licence under section 21 of the Bill for, first, a person driving or using a bus, and, second, a person driving or using a mechanically propelled vehicle under the proposed new Part 7 - that is, a community car service or other non-taxi service specified under that Part. Amendment No. 34 provides for the inclusion of additional text in subsection (2) as a drafting improvement. Amendment 35 is to correct a cross-reference omission, while amendment 36 deletes definitions in subsection (6) of the Bill, which have now been catered for in the proposed redrafting of the exclusions from section 21, as provided for in the new subsection (1).