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" "taxi" means a public service vehicle used in standing or plying for hire and used to carry passengers for hire and being a vehicle seating not more than eight passengers in addition to the driver".

    (2) After bye-law 3 there shall be inserted—

" Use of stands or starting places
     4. No vehicle other than a taxi shall use the stands or starting places specified in Column 2 of the Schedule at any time.".

    (3) In the Schedule for the entry relating to Main Street there shall be substituted—

"Location	Position of stands and starting places	Maximum number of Taxis
Main Street	South-west side, from its junction with Castle Place for 65m in a north-westerly direction (in front of Nos. 66 – 80 Main Street).	11"

Revocation
     3. The Taxis (Strabane) (Amendment) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996[3] are hereby revoked.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on


24th November 2005

L.S.


Wesley Shannon
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment



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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Bye-Laws)

These Bye-laws further amend the Taxi (Strabane) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1988 by—

    (1) increasing, in the definition of "taxi", the number of seated passengers who can be carried from 6 to 8 in addition to the driver;

    (2) prohibiting vehicles other than taxis from using the stands and starting places; and

    (3) prescribing the new location of the taxi stand in Main Street, Strabane and increasing from 6 to 11 the number of taxis that may stand at that location.

The Taxis (Strabane) (Amendment) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996 are revoked as a consequence.



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Notes:

[1] S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of "Department"back

[2] S.R. 1988 No.49; relevant amending Bye-Laws are S.R. 1996 No. 352back

[3] S.R. 1996 No.352back

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Prepared 7 December 2005