Statutory Rule 1996 No. 543

Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 3) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996

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1996 No. 543

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 3) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 65(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^[1] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following By-Laws:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These By-Laws may be cited as the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 3) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 30th December 1996.

By-Laws amended
    2.    For the Schedule to the By-Laws made in respect of Motor Hackney Carriages standing or plying for hire made by the Council of the County Borough of Belfast on 4th June 1951^[2] there shall be substituted—

SCHEDULE(See by-law 9)

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Street	Site in Street	Number of Motor Hackney Carriages	Hours Available for Use
AMELIA STREET	South Side: from a point 4.8 metres east of the east kerbline of Great Victoria Street for a distance of 35.5 metres in an easterly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing west. All gateways shall be kept clear.	7	At any time
BRADBURY PLACE	West Side: from a point 61 metres south of the south kerbline of Donegall Road for a distance of 20 metres in a southerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing north. All gateways shall be kept clear.	4	Between the hours of 7.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m.
CORPORATION SQUARE	North Side: "(a)  from a point	4 approximately 95 metres east of the east kerbline of Corporation Street for a distance of 20 metres in an easterly direction. Carriages shall stand in a single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing east.	At any time
	(b)  from a point	3 approximately 140 metres east of the east kerbline of Corporation Street in an easterly direction. Carriages shall stand in a single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing east.	At any time
DONEGALL QUAY	West Side: in the lay-by, from a point approximately 66.5 metres south of the south kerbline of Queen's Square for a distance of 5 metres in a southerly direction. Carriages shall stand in a single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing south.	1	At any time
DONEGALL SQUARE EAST	East Side: (a)  from a point 7	4 metres south of the south kerbline of Chichester Street for a distance of 20 metres in a southerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing south.	At any time
	(b)  from a point 7	4 metres south of the south kerbline of Chichester Street for a distance of 20 metres in a southerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the east kerbline of the island of Donegall Square East and parallel therewith, facing south.	At any time
DONEGALL SQUARE NORTH	North Side: from a point 12.5 metres east of the east kerbline of Donegall Place for a distance of 30 metres in an easterly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing east.	6	At any time
DUBLIN ROAD	West Side: from a point 15 metres north of the north kerbline of Ventry Street for a distance of 13 metres in a northerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing south. All gateways shall be kept clear.	3	Between the hours of 7.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m.
GLENGALL STREET	South Side: from a point 91 metres west of the west kerbline of Great Victoria Street for a distance of 33.6 metres in a westerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing west.	6	At any time
GREAT VICTORIA STREET	West Side: in the lay-by, from a point approximately 58 metres south of the south kerbline of Glengall Street for a distance of 15 metres in a southerly direction. Carriages shall stand in a single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing north.	3	At any time
LISBURN ROAD	South-East Side: from a point 62.7 metres south- west of the south-west kerbline of Balmoral Avenue for a distance of 15 metres in a south- westerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing south-west.	3	At any time
MALONE ROAD	West Side: from a point 24.5 metres north of its junction with Eglantine Avenue for a distance of 10 metres in a northerly direction.	2	Between the hours of 7.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m.
	East Side: from a point 64 metres north of the north kerbline of Cloreen Park for a distance of 10 metres in a northerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing south.	2	Between the hours of 7.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m.
OXFORD STREET	East Side: in the lay-by 168 metres south of the south kerbline of Queen's Bridge for a length of 16.3 metres in a southerly direction to the southern end of the lay-by. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith.	3	At any time

Revocation
    3.    The Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1991^[3]; the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 2) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1992^[4] and the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996^[5] are hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
21st November 1996.

L.S.
J. Ritchie

Assistant Secretary

These By-Laws revoke and replace with amendments the Schedule to the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) By-Laws made by the Council of the County Borough of Belfast on 4th June 1951.

They make provision for new taxi stands at Corporation Square, Great Victoria Street and Donegall Quay, and the alteration of the position of existing stands at Corporation Square and Oxford Street. The number of taxi stands in Corporation Square has been reduced from 18 to 7.

The Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1991; the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment No. 2) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1992 and the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996 are revoked as a consequence of these By-Laws.

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

[2] The relevant amending By-Laws are S.R.'s 1991 No. 298, 1992 No. 526 and 1996 No. 113 back

[3] S.R. 1991 No. 298 back

[4] S.R. 1992 No. 526 back

[5] S.R. 1996 No. 113 back