Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 38 is a minor textual amendment aimed at providing greater legal precision. The principle of the provision is completely unchanged.

Amendment No. 38a is a technical amendment tabled on the advice of the advisory council. Section 20 of the Bill deals with obligations on SPSV drivers towards passengers. The inserted text provides for a degree of latitude to be exercised with regard to the application of the offences under subsection 20(4), whereby a taxi driver may have reasonable cause not to comply with subsections 20(2) or 20(3), that is, concerning refusal to carry a passenger or not taking the shortest or most convenient route. This is a common sense provision.