Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 73 extends the definition of the word "user" under section 2 of the Metrology Act 1996 to include the holder of a small public service vehicle licence to drive or in respect of a vehicle in which a taxi meter is installed or the unlicensed operator of a mechanically propelled vehicle in which a taxi meter system is installed in a public place for the carriage of persons for reward. This amendment will ensure greater accountability by operators of taxis with regard to contravention of the rules applying to taxi meters under the Metrology Act 1996 and the responsibilities to ensure the taxi meter is verified in accordance with the requirements under section 14 of that Act.

Amendment No. 74 is a purely technical amendment to make reference in the Bill's Long Title to the proposed amendments in section 2 of the Metrology Act 1996 and the Dublin Transportation Authority Act 2008.