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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Road Service Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 (S.R. 1989 No. 440) so as to exempt a vehicle licensed for private hire (that is to carry passengers for hire but not to stand or ply for hire) from the requirement to operate under a road service licence granted under Part II of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967. Private hire vehicles which operate a taxi bus service under a road service licence are not included in the exemption.

The Regulations also amend the existing exemptions relating to the use of a hackney carriage and the use of a vehicle pursuant to an arrangement with an Education and Library Board so as to permit the use of vehicles with seating capacity for not more than eight persons (instead of six persons) in addition to the driver.