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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2006 No. 73

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

The Taxis (Enniskillen) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

1st March 2006

Coming into operation

13th April 2006

The Department of the Environment makes the following Bye-Laws in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 65(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1):

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Taxis (Enniskillen) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 13th April 2006.

(2) In these Bye-Laws, “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.

Location and number of taxis

2.  In the local government district of Fermanagh, in the town of Enniskillen, no stand or starting place for taxis shall be used except that specified in column 2 of the Schedule in relation to the location specified in column 1, their number shall not exceed that specified in column 3 and the hours available for use shall be as stated in column 4.

Use of stands or starting places

3.  No vehicle other than a taxi shall use the stands or starting places specified in column 2 of the Schedule at any time.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 1st March 2006.

L.S.

Stanley Duncan

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

SCHEDULE

(1)(2)(3)(4)
LocationPosition of Stands or Starting PlacesMaximum Number of TaxisHours available for use
Paget LanePaget Lane, south west side 10 metres from its junction with Eden Street for 26 metres in a south-easterly direction (opposite the rear of Nos 1 – 7 Townhall Street).5At any time.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Bye-Laws)

These Bye-Laws prescribe the exact locations which may be used as stands or starting places for taxis in the local government district of Fermanagh, in the town of Enniskillen, prescribe the maximum number of taxis which may use these stands or starting places and the hours available for use. The Bye-Laws also prohibit vehicles other than taxis from using the stands or starting places.

(1)

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