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The Motor Vehicles (Taxi Drivers’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2006-10-12

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

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The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 79A(2) and 218(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00001], and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel as regards regulation 2:

Citation and commencement

1

These regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Taxi Drivers’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 24th November 2006.

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Taxi Drivers’ Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

2

The Motor Vehicles (Taxi Drivers’ Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991[^f00002] shall be amended as follows—

(1) In regulation 4 (fee for a licence) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted—

(1) The fee for a first licence shall be £110.00 and for renewal of a licence shall be £75.00.

(2) In regulation 5(4) (grant of new licences to replace lost, stolen, defaced or destroyed licences) for “£9” there shall be substituted “£19”.

Revocation

3

The Motor Vehicles (Taxi Drivers’ Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[^f00003] are revoked.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 12th October 2006.

Maggie Smith — A senior officer of the — Department of the Environment

The Department of Finance and Personnel approves regulation 2.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 12th October 2006.

Mary McIvor — A senior officer of the — Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations further amend the Motor Vehicles (Taxi Drivers’ Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991 as follows—

(1) The single fee of £58.50 for a licence is replaced by a two-tier system of fees. The cost of a first licence is £110.00 and the cost of a renewal licence is £75.00.

(2) The fee for a new licence to replace a lost, stolen, defaced or destroyed licence is increased from £9 to £19.

The Motor Vehicles (Taxi Drivers’ Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are revoked.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been produced and may be obtained from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland website at www.dvli.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1) see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department and “prescribed”; Article 79A was inserted by Part II of Sch. 3 to S.I. 1991/197 (N.I. 3)

[^f00002]: S.R. 1991 No. 454: relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1993 No. 108, S.R. 1994 No. 412, S.R. 1995 No. 153, S.R. 1996 No. 142 and S.R. 1996 No. 304

[^f00003]: S.R. 1996 No. 304

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