Article 66A Car-sharing arrangementsF1
Northern Ireland
A motor vehicle carrying passengers for payment in circumstances in which the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are fulfilled shall not by regarded as a public service vehicle F2or taxi (within the meaning of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008) .
The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are—
that the vehicle is not adapted to carry more than 8 passengers in addition to the driver;
that the payment or aggregate of the payments made in respect of the journey by the vehicle does not exceed the amount of the running costs of the vehicle for the journey; and
that the arrangements for payment by the passenger or passengers so carried were made before the journey began,
and for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) the running costs of a vehicle for a journey shall be taken to include an appropriate amount in respect of depreciation and general wear.
In this Article “payment” includes consideration of any kind, whether monetary or not.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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- F2
Words in art. 66A(1) inserted (31.5.2016) by Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 4), s. 59, Sch. 2 para. 2; S.R. 2015/389, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3