S.I. No. 652/2025 - Road Traffic (Small Public Service Vehicle) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2025

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd January, 2026.

I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 34(3) (inserted by section 23 of the Road Traffic Act 2016 (No. 21 of 2016)) and section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010) (as adapted by the Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 351 of 2020 )), hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Small Public Service Vehicle) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2025.

Definition

2. In this Regulation “Act” means Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (No. 37 of 2013).

Declaration of fixed charge offences – small public service vehicles

3. An offence under—

(a) section 20(4)(b) of the Act, consisting of a contravention of a provision of—

(i) the Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 33 of 2015 ), or

(ii) the Small Public Service Vehicle (Cashless Payment Facility) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 294 of 2022 ),

referred to in Schedule 1, and

(b) Part 3 of the Act, consisting of a contravention of a provision of the Act referred to in Schedule 2,

is declared to be a fixed charge offence for the purpose of paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section 34 (inserted by section 23 of the Road Traffic Act 2016 (No. 21 of 2016)) of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010).

Prescribed fixed charge amounts

4. The amount prescribed for a fixed charge offence referred to in—

(a) column (1) of Schedule 1, is the amount indicated in column (3) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the fixed charge offence, and

(b) column (1) of Schedule 2, is the amount indicated in column (3) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the fixed charge offence.

Revocation

5. The Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014 (Small Public Service Vehicle) (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2014 (S. I. No. 507 of 2014) are revoked.

Regulation 4(a)

Schedule 1

Fixed Charge Offences

Offence under section 20 (4)(b) of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 consisting of a contravention of a provision of—

(a) the Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 33 of 2015 ) namely—

Regulation (1)	Description of contravention (2)	Fixed charge amount (3)
24, 25, 26, 27 or 28	Failure to comply with the vehicle standards applicable to the relevant licence category €100	24 or 26 insofar as it relates to paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 2 Failure to have specified signage affixed to the front doors of taxi or wheelchair accessible taxi €250
39(1)	Refusal to carry assistance dog or guide dog in small public service vehicle	€100
44(1)	Failure to display valid tamper-proof disc	€150
44(3)	Removal, attempted removal, damage or interference with a small public service vehicle tamper-proof disc	€150
45(1)	Failure to display the required in-vehicle information	€100
46	Failure to comply with taxi roof signage requirements	€100
47(1)	Failure to display prominently the required valid SPSV Driver Display Card so as to be clearly visible	€200
48(1)	Displaying on a hackney or limousine a sign or advertisement other than one approved by the National Transport Authority	€80
51(1)	Failure to notify details of small public service vehicle being operated	€200
53(2)(a)	Failure to comply with the requirements in relation to the fitting and operation of a taximeter	€150
53(3)	Operating taximeter while taxi is standing for hire or plying for hire	€150
53(2)(c)	Failure to operate taximeter while taxi is on hire	€150
53(2)(b)	Failure to comply with the requirements in relation to the calibration of taximeters	€250
55	Applying a booking fee in respect of a taxi which is engaged while plying for hire or standing for hire or without having been booked in advance by the consumer	€100
56	Failure to print and offer a taximeter receipt containing the required information to a passenger upon completion of a journey in a taxi	€100
57	Failure to make available a receipt containing the required information to a passenger upon completion of a journey in a hackney or limousine	€100
58(1)	Standing or plying for hire in an area without a licence to stand or ply for hire in that area	€200
59(1)	Failure of the driver of a hackney or limousine to carry the required booking record in respect of a hire	€80

(b) the Small Public Service Vehicle (Cashless Payment Facility) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 294 of 2022 ) namely—

Regulation

(1)

Description of contravention

(2)

Fixed charge amount

(3)

4(a)

Failure to carry a functioning cashless payment device

€200

4(b)

Failure to accept cashless payment

€200

Regulation 4(b)

Schedule 2

Fixed Charge Offences

Offences under Part 3 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013

Section (1)	Description of contravention (2)	Fixed charge amount (3)
25(9) insofar as it relates to subsection (3) of that section	Standing for hire in a taxi otherwise than at an appointed stand	€100
25(9) insofar as it relates to subsection (5) of that section	Standing with a taxi on part of a public road adjoining or in proximity to an appointed stand when the appointed stand is full	€80
25(9) insofar as it relates to subsection (6) of that section	Standing or parking at appointed stand while vehicle is not available for hire	€80
23(4) insofar as it relates to subsection (2) of that section	Unreasonable refusal to carry a passenger where the journey is not more than 30 kilometres.	€150

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 December, 2025.

DARRAGH O’BRIEN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations declare the contraventions of offences under Section 20(4)(b) and Part 3 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 ;the Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 33 of 2015 ) and the Small Public Service Vehicle (Cashless Payment Facility) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 294 of 2022 ) relating to the operation of small public service vehicles for which fixed charge notices may be issued by An Garda Síochána and prescribe the amounts in respect of such contraventions.