Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1996 No. 113

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996

Made

19th March 1996

Coming into operation

1st May 1996

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) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1996.

By-Laws amended

2.  For the entries relating to Donegall Square North and Donegall Square East in the Schedule to the Bye-Laws made in respect of 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—

“DONEGALL SQUARE NORTH	North Side: from a point 12.5m east of the east kerbline of Donegall Place for a distance of 30m in an easterly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing east	6	At any time
DONEGALL SQUARE EAST	East Side: (a) from a point 7m south of the south kerbline of Chichester Street for a distance of 20m in a southerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing south.	4	At any time
	(b) from a point 7m south of the south kerbline of Chichester Street for a distance of 20m in a southerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the east kerbline of the island of Donegall Square East and parallel therewith, facing south.	4	At any time”

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

L.S.

Trevor Pearson

Assistant Secretary

19th March 1996

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—

(a) (i) abolishing the taxi stand on the south side of Donegall Square North and prescribing the position of the replacement stand on the north side, and(ii) increasing the number of taxis which may stand from 3 to 6;

(b) altering the position of the taxi stand on Donegall Square East and increasing the number of taxis which may stand from 7 to 8.

(1)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”

(2)

The relevant amending By-Laws are S.R.’s 1991 No. 298 and 1992 No. 526