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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 4



4.(1) The Ministry may, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of
this Part and Part IV, grant to any person applying therefor a licence (in
this Act referred to as a "road service licence") to provide such a service as
may be specified therein for the carriage of passengers and their luggage by
road.

(2) Subject to sections 12 and 13 and to regulations made under section 45, no
person shall use a motor vehicle, or cause or permit such a motor vehicle to
be used, on a road to carry passengers and their luggage for reward except
under a licence granted under subsection (1).

(3) For the purposes of this section a motor vehicle used to carry passengers
and their luggage for reward shall not be deemed to be used under a
road service licence unless it is used by or on behalf of the holder of the
licence and in accordance with the conditions applicable to the licence.

(4) Any person who acts in contravention of subsection (2) [or who contravenes
a requirement of any such directly applicable Community provision as is
referred to in section 45(j) as to the keeping or production of any document]
shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a fine
not exceeding

(a)one hundred pounds for a first offence;

(b)two hundred pounds for a second offence; and

(c)five hundred pounds for a third or subsequent offence.


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