Transitional provisions: Classes of useN.I.
35.—(1) The holder of a public service vehicle licence shall, until the expiry of the licence, continue to display the plates for the taxi in accordance with Schedule 10 to the Public Service Vehicles Regulations and the taxi shall be deemed as licensed for use as set out in paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2) The permitted use of a taxi displaying plates in the form specified in Part I of Schedule 10 to the Public Service Vehicles Regulations shall be deemed to be that of a Class B licensed taxi.
(3) Subject to paragraph (6), the permitted use of a taxi displaying plates in the form specified in Parts II and III of Schedule 10 to the Public Service Vehicles Regulations shall be deemed to be that of a Class A licensed taxi.
(4) The permitted use of a taxi displaying plates in the form specified in Part IV of Schedule 10 to the Public Service Vehicles Regulations shall be deemed to be that of a Class D licensed taxi.
(5) The permitted use of a taxi displaying plates in the form specified in Part V of Schedule 10 to the Public Service Vehicles Regulations shall be deemed to be that of a Class C licensed taxi.
(6) Where a taxi displaying plates in the form specified in Part III of Schedule 10 to the Public Service Vehicles Regulations is a stretched limousine, its permitted use shall be deemed to be that of a Class C licensed taxi.
(7) In this regulation “stretched limousine” means a vehicle which has a passenger compartment that has been lengthened following its original construction.