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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-taxis-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Hiring of taxis at separate fares — General",
  "text": "(1) A licensed operator may only operate a taxi service for or in respect of the carriage of passengers at separate fares if—\n(a) he complies with the provisions of a taxi-sharing scheme made by the Department under Article 8; or\n(b) the conditions in Article 9 are met; or\n(c) he is authorised under his operator’s licence to operate a taxi service for or in respect of the carriage of passengers at separate fares.\n(2) If a person acts in contravention of any provision of or made under this Chapter and the contravention is not made an offence under any other statutory provision, he is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(3) The Department may by order make such modifications of any provisions of this Order as it sees fit for the purpose of supplementing the provisions of this Chapter.\n(4) The provisions of this Chapter are without prejudice to any other provision of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110800664/article/7",
    "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."
}