# The Taxi Operators Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations which are made under the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (the Act) introduce provisions for the licensing of Taxi Operators in Northern Ireland.
The Regulations set out the matters relating to applications for the grant or variation of an operator's licence and contain provisions about the keeping and preservation of records.
The Regulations, in particular—
require an application to be made on a form supplied by the Department of the Environment (the Department) (regulation 3);
allow for the variation of an operator's licence (regulation 4);
provide for the fees for application, grant and variation of a licence (regulation 5);
provide for the refund of fees (regulation 6);
prescribe the conditions subject to which an operator's licence is granted (regulation 7);
prescribe the types of records which a licensed operator shall keep; (regulations 8 to 13);
make provision for the register maintained by the Department to contain additional information to the matters set out in the Act (regulation 14);
provide for certain persons to be exempt from the requirement to hold an operator's licence and for an affiliated driver to be an affiliated driver of more than one licensed operator only in the case where the second operator is providing wedding or funeral cars (regulations 15 and 16);
set out transitional provisions which will enable temporary operator's licences and temporary variations to be made in certain cases (regulation 17).
An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online athttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr
A partial Regulatory Impact Assessment of the effect this instrument will have on costs for the business and voluntary sectors has been produced and is available from Road Safety Vehicle Policy Branch, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8GB.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/316/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-operators-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/note
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