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

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 24^th 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 23^rd September 2014

Iain Greenway

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1

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

Provisions of the Act	Subject Matter
Section 23 except for subsection (8)	Taxi driver’s licences
Section 52	Training

PART 2 Provisions coming into operation on 31^st October 2014

Provisions of the Act	Subject Matter
Section 22	Requirement for taxi driver’s licence
Section 23 in so far as not already in operation, except for subsection (8)	Taxi driver’s licences
Section 24	Issue 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 operation	Training
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 24^th 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 31^st 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.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.R. No.
Section 21	23rd November 2009	S.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 partially	8th 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

(1)

2008 c.4 (N.I.)

(2)

S.I.1981/154 (N.I.)

(3)

S.I.1997/276 (N.I.2)