{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-drivers-licences-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-drivers-licences-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/239",
  "legislation_title": "The Taxi Drivers’ Licences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-drivers-licences-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Nature and order of tests",
  "text": "(1) The test of competence to drive a taxi shall be in two parts and shall consist of—\n(a) a taxi theory test as set out in regulation 8(1) and (2); and\n(b) a practical test of driving skills and behaviour “the practical test” as set out in regulation 8(3) and Schedule 1.\n(2) A person taking a test of competence to drive a taxi must—\n(a) pass the taxi theory test before they take the practical test; and\n(b) shall not be entitled to apply for an appointment for a practical test until they have been furnished with a valid taxi theory test pass certificate.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in operation at 31.10.2014, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/239/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:05:35.079055+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."
}