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Date Published: 01/03/06
As and from April 2006, the Commission for Taxi Regulation will be rolling out a new national licensing system for small public service vehicles (SPSVs). As part of the system a new national licence number will be issued for every SPSV. Format: DOC
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Technical Guidelines for the Presentation of Taxi Roof Signs

Technical Guidelines for the Presentation of Taxi Roof Signs - text version

This explanatory leaflet is designed to give practical guidance in relation to taxi roof signs that will be given effect by regulation as part of the reform of the SPSV licensing system. It does not purport to be a legal interpretation of the relevant legislation. As and from April 2006, the Commission for Taxi Regulation will be rolling out a new national licensing system for small public service vehicles (SPSVs). As part of the system a new national licence number will be issued for every SPSV. This will be a unique identification number. The first licence numbers will be issued to all SPSV vehicle licence holders in Galway and Cork in April 2006, and thereafter on a phased basis around the rest of the country. It is planned that all existing SPSV licence holders will receive notification of their new vehicle licence number no later than end of June, 2006. The licence number itself will consist of a unique five digit number, starting from 10,001. Details of the roll-out of this licensing system are available at www.taxiregulator.ie. The Commission will require taxi vehicle licence holders to update the licence number on their roof signs within 28 days of receipt of the number. Failure to display a new licence number within this period is an offence under current regulations which could incur a penalty of up to €1,500. (Taximeter receipts will be required to display the new vehicle licence number from 25th September 2006 onwards in conjunction with the introduction of the new National Taxi Fare on that date). The following diagrams illustrates how the new licence number should be displayed on the roof sign: 1. Presentation of the taxi roof sign in English (non wheelchair-accessible vehicles) 2. Presentation of the taxi roof sign in Irish (non wheelchair-accessible vehicles) 3. Presentation of the taxi roof sign for wheelchair-accessible vehicles Figure 1.1 Presentation of taxi roof sign – non wheelchair-accessible vehicles Note: ¹ SPSV representative body details can be displayed in this panel but their telephone numbers should not be included to avoid confusion for passengers or potential passengers Figure 1.2 Presentation of taxi roof sign in Irish Figure 1.3 Presentation of taxi roof sign – wheelchair-accessible vehicles As local authorities will no longer be the licensing authorities for small public service vehicles, and with the transfer of this function to a single licensing authority - the Commission for Taxi Regulation for the entire country - there is no need to provide details of the issuing authority on the sign as previously displayed. Requirements in relation to the size and positioning of text on a taxi roof sign are set out in regulations and include: • The dimensions of the sign shall be such that the surface of the sign which is capable of being illuminated shall not be more than 120 millimetres approximately and not less than 110 millimetres approximately in height and not more than 1,100 millimetres approximately in length. • The front and rear faces of the sign shall each be divided into three sections of equal size. • The central sections on each face of the sign shall display the word ‘TAXI’ or, in the Irish language, ‘TACSAÍ’ in yellow letters on a dark blue background of low light transmittance. No letter shall be more than 90 millimetres high or more than 16 millimetres in stroke width. • The sections of the sign on the left of the sign as viewed from the rear of the vehicle and on the right of the sign as viewed from the front shall have a yellow background and shall display on that background in black letters or numerals as the case may be: o The licence number, each numeral of which shall be approximately 89 millimetres in height; the strokes for each numeral shall be approximately 16 millimetres broad; the total width of every numeral except the numeral "I" shall be approximately 63 millimetres and the spacing between the nearest parts of adjoining numerals shall be approximately 7 millimetres, o To the left or right hand side of the licence number, the words ‘licence number’ or, in the Irish language, ‘uimhir cheadúnais’ • The sections of the sign on the right of the sign as viewed from the rear of the vehicle and on the left of the sign as viewed from the front shall have a yellow background and shall be kept blank, except in the following circumstances: o Where the vehicle is licensed as wheelchair-accessible, a symbol denoting wheelchair accessibility must be displayed as illustrated in the diagram on the previous page o Where the vehicle licence holder wishes to display the name and contact details of the dispatch centre through which the vehicle can be booked, or, the name of any representative body (contact details of representative bodies should not be included to avoid confusion for passengers or potential passengers) • No letter or numeral displayed on the remaining sections of each face of the sign shall exceed 70 millimetres in height. The onus is on the licence holder to ensure that a taxi sign shall at no time be defaced, obscured or altered in such a manner that the word “TAXI or TACSAÍ” or the licence number are rendered ineligible or partly illegible, and that requirements in relation to the lighting of the meter are met. Further information, including a technical guide on meter and receipt information relating to the new national taxi fare, is available from the Commission for Taxi Regulation at the contact details below: Commission for Taxi Regulation 35 Fitzwilliam Square Dublin 2 Tel. 01 6593800 Fax. 01 6593801 Email: commission @ taxiregulator.ie www.taxiregulator.ie

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