{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-23.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/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Fire extinguishers",
  "text": "(1) Every taxi shall be fitted with suitable and efficient fire extinguishing apparatus which is of the type specified in Schedule 4.\n(2) The apparatus referred to in paragraph (1) shall be—\n(a) readily available for use;\n(b) clearly marked with the appropriate British Standards Institution Specification number; and\n(c) maintained in good and efficient working order.\n(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a taxi if it carries apparatus for extinguishing fire which would meet the requirements of that paragraph were there substituted—\n(a) for a reference in Schedule 4 to any British Standard, a reference to a corresponding standard;\n(b) for the reference in Schedule 4 to a test fire rating of 8A or the reference in that Schedule to a test fire rating of 34B, a reference to an equivalent level of performance specified in the corresponding standard; and\n(c) for the reference in paragraph (2)(b) to the appropriate British Standards Institution Specification number, a reference to a marking indicating compliance with the corresponding standard.\n(4) In this regulation “corresponding standard” in relation to a British Standard means—\n(a) a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of an EEA State or the Republic of Turkey;\n(b) any international standard recognised for use as a standard by any EEA State or the Republic of Turkey; or\n(c) a technical specification or code of practice which, whether mandatory or not, is recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA State or the Republic of Turkey,\nwhere the standard or code of practice, international standard or technical specification provides, in relation to fire extinguishers, a level of safety equivalent to that provided by the British Standard and contains a requirement as respect the markings of fire extinguishers equivalent to that provided by the British Standard.\n(5) In this regulation—\n“EEA State” means a State which is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement; and\n“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(1) substituted (6.11.2017) by The Taxi Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/141), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 23(3) substituted (6.11.2017) by The Taxi Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/141), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(4) inserted (6.11.2017) by The Taxi Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/141), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Cm 2073; O.J. No. L1, 3.1.94, p.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Cm 2183"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/393/regulation/23",
    "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."
}