{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxis-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxis-act-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2008/4",
  "legislation_title": "Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxis-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 37A (carrying of assistance dogs in private hire vehicles)—\n(a) for “private hire vehicle”, each place it occurs, substitute “ taxi ”;\n(b) in subsection (9)—\n(i) for the definition of “driver” substitute\n““driver” means a person who holds a taxi driver's licence granted under—\n(a) Article 79A of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981; or\n(b) section 23 of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;”;\n(ii) after the definition of “assistance dog” insert—\n““booking” means a taxi booking within the meaning given by section 57(1) of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;”;\n(iii) for the definition of “operator” substitute—\n““operator” means a person who holds an operator's licence granted under section 2 of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5 in operation at 31.5.2016 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/2/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}