The Taxi Drivers’ Licences (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 No. 123

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2023 No. 123

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Taxi Drivers’ Licences (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Made

5th September 2023

Coming into operation

1st October 2023

The Department for Infrastructure(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 23(5), 30(1) and 56(1) of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(2) and now vested in it(3).

Citation and commencement N.I.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Taxi Drivers’ Licences (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 1^st October 2023.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1

Amendment of the Taxi Drivers’ Licences Regulations N.I.

2.  In regulation 13 of the Taxi Drivers’ Licences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014(4) (fee for a practical test) —

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£60.00” substitute “£70.00”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£90.00” substitute “£109.00”.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 5^th September 2023

Chris Hughes

A senior officer of the

Department for Infrastructure

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Taxi Drivers’ Licences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 in order to increase the fee for a practical test of competence to drive a taxi from £60.00 to £70.00 where a test commences at any time between 8.30am and 4.30pm during the days Monday to Friday and from £90.00 to £109.00 where a test commences at any other time.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Safe and Accessible Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online alongside this Regulation at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr

(1)

Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c.5 (N.I.)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved

(2)

2008 c.4 (N.I.)

(3)

See Article 8(1)(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Departments (Transfer of Function) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No.76)

(4)

S.R. 2014 No. 239; to which there are no amendments