Taxi Driver Online

DDA 1995 Designated Transport facilities.

33 Designated transport facilities

(1) In this section “a franchise agreement” means a contract entered into by the operator of a designated transport facility for the provision by the other party to the contract of hire car services—

(a) for members of the public using any part of the transport facility; and

(b) which involve vehicles entering any part of that facility.

(2) The Secretary of State [appropriate national authority] may by regulations provide for the application of any taxi provision in relation to—

(a) vehicles used for the provision of services under a franchise agreement; or

(b) the drivers of such vehicles.

(3) Any regulations under subsection (2) may apply any taxi provision with such modifications as the Secretary of State [authority making the regulations] considers appropriate.

(4) In this section—

[“appropriate national authority” means—

(a) in relation to transport facilities in England and Wales, the Secretary of State, and

(b) in relation to transport facilities in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers (but see subsection (5));]

“designated” means designated for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State [appropriate national authority];

“hire car” has such meaning as may be prescribed [specified by regulations made by the appropriate national authority];

“operator”, in relation to a transport facility, means any person who is concerned with the management or operation of the facility;

“taxi provision” means any provision of—

(a) this Act, or

(b) regulations made in pursuance of section 20(2A) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982,

which applies in relation to taxis or the drivers of taxis; and

“transport facility” means any premises which form part of any port, airport, railway station or bus station.

[(5) The Secretary of State may, for the purposes mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (implementation of Community obligations etc of the United Kingdom), exercise the powers conferred by this section on the Scottish Ministers.]

NOTES

Initial Commencement

To be appointed
To be appointed: see s 70(3).

Amendment Sub-s (2): words “Secretary of State” in italics repealed and subsequent words in square brackets substituted by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 19(1), Sch 1, Pt 1, paras 1, 26(1), (2).
Date in force: to be appointed: see the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 20(3).
Sub-s (3): words “Secretary of State” in italics repealed and subsequent words in square brackets substituted by the
Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 19(1), Sch 1, Pt 1, paras 1, 26(1), (3).
Date in force: to be appointed: see the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 20(3).
Sub-s (4): definition “appropriate national authority” inserted by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 19(1), Sch 1, Pt 1, paras 1, 26(1), (4).
Date in force: to be appointed: see the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 20(3).
Sub-s (4): in definition “designated” words “Secretary of State” in italics repealed and subsequent words in square brackets substituted by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 19(1), Sch 1, Pt 1, paras 1, 26(1), (2).
Date in force: to be appointed: see the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 20(3).
Sub-s (4): in definition “hire car” word “prescribed” in italics repealed and subsequent words in square brackets substituted by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 19(1), Sch 1, Pt 1, paras 1, 26(1), (5).
Date in force: to be appointed: see the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 20(3).
Sub-s (5): inserted by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 19(1), Sch 1, Pt 1, paras 1, 26(1), (6).
Date in force: to be appointed: see the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, s 20(3).

Transfer of Functions Functions under this section: functions under this section are transferred, in so far as they are
exercisable in or as regards Scotland, to the Scottish Ministers, by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the