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2001 No. 198

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2001

  Made 8th May 2001 
  Coming into operation 18th June 2001 

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 65(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[1] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following By-Laws:

Citation and commencement
     1. These By-Laws may be cited as the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 18th June 2001.

By-Laws amended
    
2. For by-law 26(1) of the By-Laws relating to Motor Hackney Carriages standing or plying for hire made by the Council of the County Borough of Belfast on 4th June 1951[2] there shall be substituted - 

Revocation
     3. The Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 2) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996[3] are hereby revoked.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on


8th May 2001.

L.S.


Sam Foster
Minister of the Environment


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the By-Laws.)


These By-Laws amend the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) By-Laws made by the Council of the County Borough of Belfast on 4th June 1951 by fixing the minimum and maximum fares payable as follows - 

    (1) fare for hire of a taxi where not more than 4 passengers are carried -  for the first one and one-half miles or part of such distance

minimum £2·50
     maximum £2·50
for every subsequent one-tenth of a mile or part of such distance minimum 11p
     maximum 11p
for each minute or part of a minute during which the taxi is kept waiting by the hirer minimum 16p
     maximum 16p
    (2) additional fare -  for each passenger exceeding 4 carried for the entire distance

minimum 24p
     maximum 24p
for each piece of luggage carried on the outside of the taxi minimum 20p
     maximum 20p

The Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 2) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996 are revoked as a consequence of these By-Laws.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and copies can be obtained from Road Transport Licensing Division, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland, 148-158 Corporation Street, Belfast, BT1 3DH (telephone 028 9025 4100, fax 028 9025 4003). A copy has been placed in the library of the Northern Ireland Assembly.


Notes:

[1] S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of "Department"back

[2] The relevant amending By-Laws are S.R. 1984 No. 298 and S.R. 1996 No. 523back

[3] S.R. 1996 No. 523back



ISBN 0-337-23690-9


  © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 21 May 2001


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