Public Service Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Amendment of regulation 7 (licence and disc)

4.  In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations, for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted—

“(3) The disc shall contain—

(a) in the case of a disc for a bus—

(i) the date on which the licence expires;

(ii) the registration mark of the vehicle for which it has been issued;

(iii) the seating capacity of the vehicle for which it has been issued;

(iv) the standing capacity of the vehicle for which it has been issued;

(v) the name of the licence holder; and

(vi) the identifying symbol shown in Part I of Schedule 9.

(b) in the case of a disc for a taxi licensed to stand or ply for hire on a road or public place or carry passengers for hire—

(i) the date on which the licence expires;

(ii) the registration mark of the vehicle for which it has been issued;

(iii) the seating capacity of the vehicle for which it has been issued; and

(iv) the identifying symbol shown in Part II of Schedule 9;

(c) in the case of a disc for a taxi licensed to carry passengers for hire—

(i) the date on which the licence expires;

(ii) the registration mark of the vehicle for which it has been issued;

(iii) the seating capacity of the vehicle for which it has been issued; and

(iv) the identifying symbol shown in Part III of Schedule 9.

(4) The disc shall be fitted to the vehicle in a conspicuous position on the inside surface of the nearside windscreen.”.