The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis)(Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/1616
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis)(Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 17th July 2006.

Section 2 Amendments

(1) The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis)(Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales) Regulations 2000 shall be amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (2) of regulation 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;

(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.

(3) For Part 2 of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the content of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(4) For Part 2 of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the content of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.