{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/393",
  "legislation_title": "The Taxi Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Access to doors",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where an application is in respect of a Class C taxi licence and the taxi is a heavy motor car or a motor vehicle with a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kilograms each passenger shall be provided with unobstructed access to at least 2 doors, one of which must be on the near side of the taxi and one of which must be either at the rear of the taxi or on the offside of the taxi.\n(2) Access to one only of the doors referred to in paragraph (1) may be obstructed by either or both—\n(a) a seat which when tilted or folded does not obstruct access to that door; and\n(b) a boarding ramp, portable ramp or boarding lift which—\n(i) does not obstruct the handle or other device on the inside for opening the door with which the ramp or lift is associated; and\n(ii) when the door is open, can be pushed or pulled out of the way from the inside so as to leave the doorway clear for use in an emergency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/393/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:59:30.778233+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."
}