{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/413",
  "legislation_title": "Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 7 (licence and disc)",
  "text": "For regulation 7 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted –\n“Licence, disc and plates\n7 (1) A licence shall be in the form specified in Schedule 4 or 5.\n(2) At the time when the licence is granted the Department shall, in the case of a bus, issue a disc and, in the case of a taxi or taxi bus, issue plates.\n(3) The disc referred to in paragraph (2) shall contain –\n(a) the date on which the licence expires;\n(b) the registration mark of the vehicle for which it has been issued;\n(c) the seating capacity of the vehicle for which it has been issued;\n(d) the standing capacity of the vehicle for which it has been issued;\n(e) the name of the licence holder; and\n(f) the identifying symbol shown in Schedule 9.\n(4) The disc referred to in paragraph (2) shall be fitted to the vehicle in a conspicuous position on the inside surface of the nearside windscreen.\n(5) The disc referred to in paragraph (2) and the plates referred to in paragraphs (6) to (8) are prescribed for the purposes of Article 60(3) of the Order.\n(6) The plates for a taxi (not being a taxi bus) –\n(a) licensed for public hire and used for that purpose within the City of Belfast shall be in the form specified in Part I of Schedule 10;\n(b) licensed for public hire and used for that purpose outside the City of Belfast shall be in the form specified in Part II of Schedule 10;\n(c) licensed for private hire and not being used for the purposes of a wedding or a funeral shall be in the form specified in Part III of Schedule 10.\n(7) The plates for a taxi bus shall be in the form specified in Part IV of Schedule 10.\n(8) The plate for a taxi licensed for private hire, not being a taxi bus, and which is used solely for the purposes of a wedding or a funeral shall be in the form specified in Part V of Schedule 10 and shall be displayed in a position where it can be seen by the passengers.\n(9) The external plates specified in Schedule 10 shall be mounted squarely and affixed as close as possible to the extreme front and rear of the vehicle and fitted so that no part of a plate or its mounting is liable to cause damage or injury to any person. When affixed, the information on the plates shall be clearly visible when viewed from the front or rear of the vehicle.\n(10) The internal windscreen plates specified in Schedule 10 shall be affixed to the inside of the windscreen in a prominent position with the photo luminescent side facing outwards.\n(11) The rear passenger side window labels specified in Schedule 10 shall be affixed to the inside surface of the rear passenger door windows with the licence details facing outwards.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/413/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:55:57.424026+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."
}