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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Taxis) (Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 30th May 2007.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Disability Discrimination (Taxis) (Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations, for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—“
(2) The prescribed manner of exhibiting a notice of exemption for the purposes of section 37(8)(b) of the 1995 Act shall be—
(a) by displaying it—
(i) on the nearside of, and immediately behind, the windscreen of the taxi facing outwards; and
(ii) in a manner that readily permits its removal; and
(b) so that—
(i) its front is clearly visible from the outside of the taxi; and
(ii) its back is clearly visible from the driver’s seat of the taxi.”.
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In the Schedule to the principal Regulations for paragraph 2 there shall be substituted—“
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Form of back of notice of exemption
Only the driver named overleaf may display this notice when driving the vehicle. The notice may also remain on display when the vehicle is parked provided it has been driven by, and is to be driven by, the named driver. Otherwise the named driver must remove the notice.
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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 17th April 2007.
Stanley Duncan
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment
