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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-taxis-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-54",
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  "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/54",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Restriction of application of other statutory provisions",
  "text": "(1) Articles 59 to 66 of the 1981 Order shall not apply to taxis, in so far as those provisions relate to any matter in relation to which requirements are or could be imposed by or under this Order.\n(2) Part II of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 37) shall not apply to the use of a taxi to stand or ply for hire or reward or to carry passengers for hire or reward.\n(3) Notwithstanding anything in Article 215 of the 1981 Order or Article 109 of the 1995 Order, the provisions of those Orders, in so far as they relate to taxis, shall have effect in relation to the Belfast Harbour Commissioners or other harbour commissioners having in relation to their harbour area powers similar to those of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners for restricting access to, and regulating motor traffic on, roads, and a road vested in, or under the control of, any such harbour commissioners, shall be deemed for the purposes of those Orders to be a road to which the public has access.\n(4) For the purposes of those provisions as applied by paragraph (3) to a road in the Belfast Harbour Estate a member of the Belfast Harbour Police shall have the same powers as a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland has in relation to other roads.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110800664/article/54",
    "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."
}