{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-taxis-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-taxis-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110800664",
  "legislation_title": "The Taxis (Northern Ireland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-taxis-northern-ireland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirement for operator’s licence",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not operate a taxi service unless he is the holder of an operator’s licence (in this Order referred to as a “licensed operator”).\n(2) The requirement under paragraph (1) to hold an operator’s licence shall not apply to a person who, in standing or plying for hire or reward or to carry passengers for hire or reward, drives a taxi for or in respect of which a licensed operator operates a taxi service (in this Order referred to as an “affiliated driver”).\n(3) A person who operates a taxi service in contravention of this Article is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(4) For the purposes of this Order, “operate a taxi service” means, in the course of business—\n(a) to make provision for or in connection with the invitation or acceptance of, or to accept, a taxi booking; or\n(b) to make any other provision for or in connection with, or otherwise to provide, a taxi to stand or ply for hire or reward or to carry passengers for hire or reward,\nsubject to such exceptions as may be prescribed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110800664/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:24.691126+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}