{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/149",
  "legislation_title": "Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "New regulation 4A (classification of vehicles and application of Regulations)",
  "text": "After regulation 4 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation—\n“Classification of vehicles and application of Regulations\n4A (1) For the purposes of these Regulations motor vehicles to which they apply are classified as follows—\nClass I:\nBuses constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 but not more than 16 seated passengers in addition to the driver\nClass IA:\nClass I vehicles which have been fitted with one or more relevant seat belts\nClass II:\nBuses constructed or adapted to carry more than 16 but not more than 35 seated passengers in addition to the driver\nClass IIA:\nClass II vehicles which have been fitted with one or more relevant seat belts\nClass III:\nBuses constructed or adapted to carry more than 35 seated passengers in addition to the driver\nClass IIIA:\nClass III vehicles which have been fitted with one or more relevant seat belts\nTaxi:\nA motor vehicle seating not more than eight passengers in addition to the driver\nand (except where otherwise provided in these Regulations) any reference in these Regulations to a class of vehicles shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) These Regulations apply to every vehicle of a class specified in paragraph (1).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/149/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:15:44.010682+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."
}