{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxis-act-northern-ireland-2008/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxis-act-northern-ireland-2008/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2008/4",
  "legislation_title": "Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxis-act-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Requirement for operator's licence",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not operate a taxi service unless the person is the holder of an operator's licence (in this Act referred to as a “licensed operator”).\n(2) The requirement under subsection (1) to hold an operator's licence shall not apply to a person who, in standing or plying for hire or reward or to carry passengers for hire or reward, drives a taxi for or in respect of which a licensed operator operates a taxi service (in this Act referred to as an “affiliated driver”).\n(3) A person who operates a taxi service in contravention of this section is guilty of an offence.\n(4) For the purposes of this Act, “operate a taxi service” means, in the course of business—\n(a) to make provision for or in connection with the invitation or acceptance of, or to accept, a taxi booking; or\n(b) to make any other provision for or in connection with, or otherwise to provide, a taxi to stand or ply for hire or reward or to carry passengers for hire or reward,\nsubject to such exceptions as may be prescribed",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in operation at 8.8.2012 for specified purposes by S.R. 2012/313, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 1 in operation at 1.9.2012 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2012/313, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/4/section/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."
}