The Taxis (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 No. 238 (C. 15)


BAILII is celebrating 24 years of free online access to the law! Would you consider making a contribution?

No donation is too small. If every visitor before 31 December gives just £5, it will have a significant impact on BAILII's ability to continue providing free access to the law.
Thank you very much for your support!



BAILII [Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback]

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland


You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland >> The Taxis (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 No. 238 (C. 15)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/nie/legis/num_reg/2014/nisr_2014238_en_1.html

[New search] [Printable PDF version] [Help]


Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2014 No. 238 (C. 15)

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Taxis (2008 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made

23rd September 2014

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 59 of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).

Citation and interpretation

1.  (1)  This Order may be cited as the Taxis (2008 Act) (Commencement No.3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014.

(2) In this Order "the Act" means the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Appointed day

2.  (1)  The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Act specified in Part 1 of the Schedule for the purpose only of making regulations, is 24th September 2014.

(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Act specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, is 31st October 2014.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 23rd September 2014

Legal seal

Iain Greenway

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1

PART 1Provisions coming into operation on 24th September 2014 for the purpose only of making Regulations

Provisions of the ActSubject Matter
Section 23 except for subsection (8)Taxi driver's licences
Section 52Training

PART 2Provisions coming into operation on 31st October 2014

Provisions of the ActSubject Matter
Section 22Requirement for taxi driver's licence
Section 23 in so far as not already in operation, except for subsection (8)Taxi driver's licences
Section 24Issue of driver's badges etc.

Section 48 and Schedule 1 relating to offences under the following sections-

Section 22(2) Driving a taxi without a taxi driver's licence,

Section 22(3) Operating a taxi service driven by a taxi driver without a taxi driver's licence or owning a taxi being driven by a taxi driver without a taxi driver's licence,

Section 22(5) Driving a taxi without a taxi driver's licence for that class of taxi,

Section 22(6) Operating a taxi service driven by a taxi driver without a taxi driver's licence for that class of taxi or owning a taxi driven by a taxi driver without a taxi driver's licence for that class of taxi,

Section 24(5) Failure to wear a taxi driver's badge or display other identification.

Offences
Section 52 in so far as not already in operationTraining

Section 58(2) and Schedule 3 insofar as they relate to the repeal of-

Article 79A of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(N.I. 1);

Article 6 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 3, to the Road Traffic (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (N.I. 3); and

In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (N.I. 10), the entry relating to Article 79A of the 1981 Order.

Consequential amendments and repeals

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation on 24th September 2014 provisions of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 ("the Act") specified in Part 1 of the Schedule for the purpose only of making regulations, and brings into operation on 31st October 2014 the provisions of the Act specified in Part 2 of that Schedule.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 have been brought into operation by commencement order made before the date of this Order.

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.R. No.
Section 2123rd November 2009S.R. 2009 No.352 (C.25)
Section 40

Section 54(1) insofar as it relates to the power in Article 65 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2) to make bye-laws the provisions of which are or could be included in an order under Article 27A of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(3), (4) and (5)

Schedule 2, paragraphs 1, 6(a), 11, 12 and 13(a) and section 58(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs.

Section 1 (partially)

8th August 2012

1st September 2012

S.R. 2012 No. 313 (C.28)

Section 2 partially

8th August 2012

1st September 2012

Section 3 partially

8th August 2012

1st September 2012

Section 4

1st September 2012

Section 25

1st September 2012

Section 26

1st September 2012

Section 27

1st September 2012

Section 28 (partially)

8th August 2012

1st September 2012

Section 29

1st September 2012
Section 30 (partially)

8th August 2012

1st September 2012

Section 31

1st September 2012

Section 32

1st September 2012
Section 33 partially8th August 2012

Section 33(1)(a), (c) to (e) and (2) in so far as not already in operation

1st September 2012

Section 34

1st September 2012

Section 35

1st September 2012

Section 37

1st September 2012

Section 38

1st September 2012

Section 44

1st September 2012

Section 45

1st September 2012

Section 46

1st September 2012

Section 47

1st September 2012

Section 48 and Schedule 1 relating to offences under the following sections-

Section 1(3) Operating a taxi service without an operator's licence,

Section 3(5) Knowingly keeping or making false records etc,

Section 3(10) Operating a taxi service in respect of unlicensed taxi or in respect of taxi driven by unlicensed driver,

Section 3(11) Contravention of other operator's duties,

Section 4(2) Sub-contracting work to a non-licensed operator,

Section 31(5) Failure to produce documents etc.,

Section 32(6) Failure to comply with requirement or direction to return licence, plate, etc. or badge,

Section 37(3) Failure to comply with an enforcement notice,

Section 44(1) Knowingly etc. to make false statement or furnish false information,

Section 44(2) Forging, possessing, documents, etc. with intent to deceive,

Section 45(1) Obstruction of constable or authorised officer,

Section 45(2) Failure to comply with requirement of constable or authorised officer or failure to give a constable or authorised officer assistance or information,

Section 45(3) Knowingly to make a false statement to authorised officer or constable.

1st September 2012

Section 50

1st September 2012

Section 53

1st September 2012


BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII
URL: http://www.bailii.org/nie/legis/num_reg/2014/nisr_2014238_en_1.html