Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 2) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1996 No. 523

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 2) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996

Made

4th November 1996

Coming into operation

9th December 1996

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 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 No. 2) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 9th December 1996.

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—

“26.— (1) The fares payable for the hire of a Motor Hackney Carriage within the prescribed limits shall be—

(a) fare where not more than 4	passengers are carried— for the first one and one-half miles or part of such distance	minimum	£2·00
		maximum	£2·00
	for every subsequent one-tenth of a mile or part of such distance	minimum	10p
		maximum	10p
	for each minute or part of a minute during which the taxi is kept waiting by the hirer	minimum	13·3p
(b) additional fare—	for each passenger exceeding 4 carried for the entire distance	maximum minimum maximum	13·3p 20p 20p
	for each piece of luggage carried on the outside of the taxi	minimum maximum	20p 20p
	In assessing additional fares every child under the age of 6 years and/ or one child over 6 and under 12 years shall be disregarded. Two children between the ages of 6 and 12 years shall be counted as one passenger.”.

Revocation

3.  The Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1990(3) and the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1992(4) are hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 4th November 1996.

L.S.

Trevor Pearson

Assistant Secretary

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	£2·00
		maximum	£2·00
	for every subsequent one-tenth of a mile or part of such distance	minimum	10p
		maximum	10p
	for each minute or part of a minute during which the taxi is kept waiting by the hirer	minimum	13·3p
		maximum	13·3p
(2) additional fare—	for each passenger exceeding 4 carried for the entire distance	minimum	20p
		maximum	20p
	for each piece of luggage carried on the outside of the taxi	minimum	20p
		maximum	20p

The Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1990 and the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1992 are revoked as a consequence of these By-Laws.

(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. 1984 No. 298, S.R. 1990 No. 293 and S.R. 1992 No. 458

(3)

S.R. 1990 No. 293

(4)

S.R. 1992 No. 458