Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 10, subsection (5)(a), line 39, after "licence" to insert "in respect of that service".

This is a technical amendment to clarify that not only must a consigner ensure that any operator he or she engages has an operator's licence but that it must be the right kind of operator's licence for the service intended to be carried out. I propose that this amendment be accepted.

There will now be some obligation on the consigner, who is the customer of the haulier, to ensure that the operator has the correct licence. We were concerned that someone might argue in court, on a technicality, that they had a licence even though it was not the correct licence.

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