66ASetting of taxi fares

66A Setting of taxi fares

[Section 66A Inserted by No. 28 of 2020, s. 45, Applied:30 Dec 2020]

(1)  The Commission may make an order (a taxi fare order) setting out –

(a) the maximum fare, or a method for calculating the maximum fare, that may be charged for the provision of a taxi service to a person; and

(b) the amount of any tariff that may be charged for the provision of a taxi service to a person; and

(c) any other amounts that may be charged in relation to the provision of a taxi service to a person.

(2)  The Commission is, in making a taxi fare order, to have regard to, but is not bound by, the recommendations of the Regulator that are set out in the most recent report on the results of a taxi fare methodology inquiry conducted under the Economic Regulator Act 2009 before the taxi fare order is made.

(3)  A taxi fare order may include a method for calculating annual increases in the amounts of maximum fares, tariffs, or other amounts, specified in the order.

(4)  A taxi fare order may specify different maximum fares, different methods for calculating a maximum fare, and different amounts that may be charged in relation to the provision of a taxi service to a person, in different circumstances.