{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-hackney-carriages-belfast-amendment-no-2-by-laws-northern-ireland-1996/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-hackney-carriages-belfast-amendment-no-2-by-laws-northern-ireland-1996/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/523",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 2) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-hackney-carriages-belfast-amendment-no-2-by-laws-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "By-Laws amended",
  "text": "For by-law 26(1) of the By-Laws relating to Motor Hackney Carriages standing or plying for hire made by the Council of the County Borough of Belfast on 4th June 1951 there shall be substituted—\n“26 (1) The fares payable for the hire of a Motor Hackney Carriage within the prescribed limits shall be—\n(a) fare where not more than 4\npassengers are carried— for the first one and one-half miles or part of such distance\nminimum\n£2·00\nmaximum\n£2·00\nfor every subsequent one-tenth of a mile or part of such distance\nminimum\n10p\nmaximum\n10p\nfor each minute or part of a minute during which the taxi is kept waiting by the hirer\nminimum\n13·3p\n(b) additional fare—\nfor each passenger exceeding 4 carried for the entire distance\nmaximum\nminimum\nmaximum\n13·3p\n20p\n20p\nfor each piece of luggage carried on the outside of the taxi\nminimum\nmaximum\n20p\n20p\nIn assessing additional fares every child under the age of 6 years and/ or one child over 6 and under 12 years shall be disregarded. Two children between the ages of 6 and 12 years shall be counted as one passenger.\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The relevant amending By-Laws are S.R. 1984 No. 298, S.R. 1990 No. 293 and S.R. 1992 No. 458"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/523/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:32:32.743150+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."
}