Taxi Drivers' Licences (Carrying of Guide Dogs and Hearing Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2002

JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2002/500
SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2002 No. 500
LICENCES AND LICENSING
The Taxi Drivers’ Licences (Carrying of Guide Dogs and
Hearing Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2002
Made 11th November 2002
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 11th November 2002
Coming into force 2nd December 2002
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(1) and (2A) of the Civic
Government (Scotla nd) Act 1982(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby
make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations m ay be cited as the Taxi Drivers’ L icences (Carrying of Guide Dogs
and Hearing Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 and, subje ct to paragraph (2) below, shall come
into force on 2nd December 2002.
(2) Regulations 2 and 3 shall com e into force on 3rd March 2003.
(3) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
(4) In these Regulations–
the 1982 Act” means the Civic G overnment (Scotland) Act 1982;
“an assistance dog” means a dog which–
(a) is trained by a charity to assist a disabled person with a physical impairment for the
purposes of section 1 of the Disability Discriminatio n Act 1995(b) which–
(i) consists of e pilepsy; or
(ii) otherwise affects the mobility, manual dexterity or physical co-ordination of
that person or the ability of that person to lift, carry or otherwise move
everyday objects; and
(b) at the time that the disabled person whom it is assisti ng hires a taxi, is weari ng a
jacket inscribed with the name of a charity;
“a guide dog” means a dog w hich has been trained to guide a blind person; and
“a hearing dog” means a dog w hich has been trained to assist a deaf person.
Prescribed condition
2. The condition specified in regulation 3 be low is hereby prescribe d as a condition which a
licensing authority shall impose in relation to taxi drivers’ licences, but only in relation to those
licences for which an application is made to a licensing authority on or after 1st March 2003.
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(a) 1982 c.45; subsection (1) of sectio n 20 was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c.67), Schedule 7, paragraph 23 (3);
subsection (2A) was inserted by the Di sability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50), section 39(3). Th e functions of the
Secretary of State were transferre d to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of t he Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and
the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Func tions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750 ).
(b) 1995 c.50.

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