1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Service Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 20th February 2003.
2. In regulation 10 (exemptions from Part II of the Act) of the Road Service Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989(1)–
(a)for the words “Part II of the Act shall not apply to”, there shall be substituted–
“Except where a person must obtain a road service licence for the use of a vehicle on a road in order to comply with Part II of the Act, Part II of the Act shall not apply to”;
(b)in paragraphs (b) and (e), for “six persons” there shall be substituted “eight persons”; and
(c)after paragraph (e), there shall be added–
“(f)the use of a vehicle which–
(i)has a seating capacity for not more than eight persons in addition to the driver, and
(ii)is licensed under Article 61 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2) to carry passengers for hire (but not to stand or ply for hire).”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 8th January 2003.
L.S.
Wesley Shannon
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment