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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxis-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "nia/2008/4",
  "legislation_title": "Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxis-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "ENTRIES TO BE INSERTED IN PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENDERS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1996 IN RESPECT OF OFFENCES UNDER THIS ACT",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\nProvision creating offence\nGeneral nature of offence\nMode of Prosecution\nPunishment\nDisqualification\nEndorsement\nPenalty Points\nOffences under the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008\nSection 1(3)\nOperating a taxi service without an operator's licence\nSummarily\nLevel 5 on the standard scale\nSection 3(5)\nKnowingly keeping or making false records etc.\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 3(10)\nOperating a taxi service in respect of unlicensed taxi or in respect of taxi driven by unlicensed driver\nSummarily\nLevel 5 on the standard scale\nSection 3(11)\nContravention of other operator's duties\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 4(2)\nSub-contracting work to a non-licensed operator\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 5(2)\nContravention of provisions of or made under Chapter 2\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 12(2) and (3)\nUsing, or permitting a taxi to be used, without a taxi licence\nSummarily\nLevel 5 on the standard scale\nSection 14(6)\nContravention of taxi owner's duties\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 15(3) and (4)\nContravention of requirement to exhibit taxi plates etc.\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 16(4)\nContravention of regulations relating to regulation of fares\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 17(4)\nFailure to display fares or contravention of regulations to secure publication of fares\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 18(6)\nContravention of provisions relating to taximeters\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 18(8)\nUnlawful tampering with a taximeter\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 19(2)\nCarrying more than the prescribed number of passengers\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 20(3)\nContravention of regulations concerning taxis or use of taxis\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 22(2)\nDriving a taxi without a taxi driver's licence\nSummarily\nLevel 5 on the standard scale\nDiscretionary if committed by driving a taxi where no licence authorising the driving of that vehicle could have been granted\nObligatory if committed as described in column 5\n3–6\nSection 22(3)\nOperating a taxi service driven by a taxi driver without a taxi driver's licence or owning a taxi being driven by a taxi driver without a taxi driver's licence\nSummarily\nLevel 5 on the standard scale\nSection 22(5)\nDriving a taxi without a taxi driver's licence for that class of taxi\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 22(6)\nOperating a taxi service driven by a taxi driver without a taxi driver's licence for that class of taxi or owning a taxi driven by a taxi driver without a taxi driver's licence for that class of taxi\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 24(5)\nFailure to wear a taxi driver's badge or display other identification\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 31(5)\nFailure to produce documents etc.\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 32(6)\nFailure to comply with requirement or direction to return licence, plate, etc. or badge\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 37(3)\nFailure to comply with an enforcement notice\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 39(3)\nFailure to make alternative arrangements for conveyance of passengers\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 43(1)\nSoliciting any person to be carried in a taxi\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 44(1)\nKnowingly etc. to make false statement or furnish false information\nSummarily\nLevel 5 on the standard scale\nSection 44(2)\nForging, possessing, documents, etc. with intent to deceive\nSummarily\nLevel 5 on the standard scale\nSection 45(1)\nObstruction of constable or authorised officer\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 45(2)\nFailure to comply with requirement of constable or authorised officer or failure to give a constable or authorised officer assistance or information\nSummarily\nLevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 45(3)\nKnowingly to make a false statement to authorised officer or constable\nSummarily\nLevel 5 on the standard scale",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 in operation at 1.9.2012 for specified purposes by S.R. 2012/313, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 in operation at 31.10.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/238, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 in operation at 31.5.2016 for specified purposes by S.R. 2015/389, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/4/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:27.270527+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."
}