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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND
2005 No. 518
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
The Taxis (Strabane) (Amendment) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2005
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Made |
24th November 2005 | |
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Coming into operation |
6th January 2006 | |
The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 65(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[1] and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Bye-Laws:
Citation and Commencement
1.
These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Taxis (Strabane) (Amendment) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th January 2006.
Bye-Laws amended
2.
The Taxis (Strabane) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1988[2] shall be amended as follows—
(1) In bye-law 2 (interpretation) for the definition of "taxi" there shall be substituted—
"
"taxi" means a public service vehicle used in standing or plying for hire and used to carry passengers for hire and being a vehicle seating not more than eight passengers in addition to the driver".
(2) After bye-law 3 there shall be inserted—
"
Use of stands or starting places
4.
No vehicle other than a taxi shall use the stands or starting places specified in Column 2 of the Schedule at any time.".
(3) In the Schedule for the entry relating to Main Street there shall be substituted—
"Location
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Position of stands and starting places
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Maximum number of Taxis
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Main Street |
South-west side, from its junction with Castle Place for 65m in a north-westerly direction (in front of Nos. 66 – 80 Main Street). |
11" |
Revocation
3.
The Taxis (Strabane) (Amendment) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996[3] are hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
24th November 2005
L.S.
Wesley Shannon
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Bye-Laws)
These Bye-laws further amend the Taxi (Strabane) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1988 by—
(1) increasing, in the definition of "taxi", the number of seated passengers who can be carried from 6 to 8 in addition to the driver;
(2) prohibiting vehicles other than taxis from using the stands and starting places; and
(3) prescribing the new location of the taxi stand in Main Street, Strabane and increasing from 6 to 11 the number of taxis that may stand at that location.
The Taxis (Strabane) (Amendment) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996 are revoked as a consequence.
Notes:
[1]
S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of "Department"back
[2]
S.R. 1988 No.49; relevant amending Bye-Laws are S.R. 1996 No. 352back
[3]
S.R. 1996 No.352back
ISBN
0 337 96244 8
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Prepared
7 December 2005
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