Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 2990
DISABLED PERSONS
TRANSPORT, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis) (Carrying of Guide Dogs etc. ) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000
Made
8th November 2000
Laid Before Parliament
8th November 2000
Coming into force
for the purposes of regulation 2(1)
1st December 2000
For all other purposes
31st March 2001
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 37(8)(b) and (9) and 67(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis)(Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force—
(a) for the purposes of regulation 2(1) on 1st December 2000; and
(b) for all other purposes on 31st March 2001.
(2) In these Regulations “the 2010 Act” means the Equality Act 2010.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Notices of exemption
2. —(1) The prescribed notice of exemption for the purposes of section 169(4)(b) of the 2010 Act shall be—
(a) in the case of a driver of a taxi to whom the exemption certificate has been issued by a licensing authority in England, the notice set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and
(b) in the case of a driver of a taxi to whom the exemption certificate has been issued by a licensing authority in Wales, the notice set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
(2) The prescribed manner of exhibiting a notice of exemption for the purposes of section 169(4)(b) of the 2010 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.
Prescribed charities
3. Each of the following is a prescribed charity for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “assistance dog” in section 173(1) of the 2010 Act (so far as that definition applies for the purposes of section 168 of that Act)—
(a) “Dogs for the Disabled” registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 1092960;
(b) “Support Dogs” registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 1017237; and
(c) “Canine Partners for Independence” registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 803680.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Regulation 2(1)(a)
SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF FRONT OF NOTICE OF EXEMPTION IN ENGLAND
FORM OF BACK OF NOTICE OF EXEMPTION IN ENGLAND
Regulation 2(1)(b)
