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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2005 No. 469

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

The Taxis (Dromore) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

28th October 2005

Coming into operation

10th December 2005

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 65(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Bye-Laws:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Taxis (Dromore) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 10th December 2005.

(2) In these Bye-Laws “taxi” means a public service vehicle used in standing or plying for hire on a road 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 Banbridge, in the town of Dromore, 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 opposite thereto 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 28th October 2005.

L.S.

Wesley Shannon

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
Market SquareSouth side of the north carriageway of Market Square (at the rear of the Old Town Hall) from a point approximately 27 metres from its junction with Prince’s Street for a distance of 12 metres in a westerly direction.2At any time

Explanatory Note

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

These Bye-Laws prescribe the exact location which may be used as stands or starting places for taxis in the town of Dromore, 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”