Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

Compliance with a Departmental taxi-sharing scheme

6.—(1) The Department may by order make a taxi-sharing scheme referred to in section 5(1)(a) which shall—

(a) designate the places from which taxis may be hired under the scheme (“authorised places”);

(b) specify the requirements to be met for the purposes of the scheme in relation to the carriage of passengers at separate fares; and

(c) include such other provision as the Department thinks fit.

(2) Any scheme made under this section may, in particular, make provision with respect to—

(a) providing that only taxis of such class as may be specified in the scheme may be hired for the carriage of passengers at separate fares;

(b) rates or fares (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the maximum rate or fare to be charged for or in respect of each passenger);

(c) the display of any document, plate, mark or sign for indicating an authorised place or that a taxi standing at an authorised place is available for the carriage of passengers at separate fares;

(d) the display of signs, information or fares at such authorised places;

(e) enforcing order at and regulating the use of such authorised places;

(f) providing for persons to manage, and regulating the management of, the use of such authorised places;

(g) the manner in which arrangements are to be made for the carriage of passengers at separate fares

(h) the conditions to apply to such use of a taxi.