Closed consultation Single Tier Taxi Licensing

Summary

The Department is introducing Single Tier Taxi Licensing from 1 September 2013. Proposals on some minor administrative elements of the regulations.

Documents

• Single Tier Taxi Licensing Adobe PDF (90 KB)
• Single Tier Taxi Licensing - Summary of Responses Adobe PDF (238 KB)
• Single Tier Taxi Licensing - Letter to Operators Adobe PDF (58 KB)

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Consultation description

From 1 September 2013, the Department of the Environment (DOE), under the Public Service Vehicle (PSV) legislation, is introducing single tier taxi licensing.

The main change to the current licensing system will be that, from 1 September 2013, all taxis will become Public Hire and will be permitted to stand or ply for hire anywhere in Northern Ireland, and can stand
at any rank outside Belfast. However, only Belfast Public Hire taxis (yellow plate) will be permitted to stand at a Public Hire ranks in Belfast.

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Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.