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PART VIII. 
 
Special Provisions for Street Service Vehicles. 
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Definition of use as a street service vehicle. 
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131.—For the purposes of this Part of this Act a small public service vehicle shall be deemed to be used as a street service vehicle if and whenever— 
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(a) such vehicle and the driver thereof is hired in a public place for the carriage of passengers for reward on the terms that such hiring is to commence immediately, or 
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(b) the driver of such vehicle offers in a public place himself and such vehicle for immediate hire for the carriage of passengers for reward, or 
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(c) the driver of such vehicle stands or drives such vehicle in a public place for the purpose of being immediately hired with such vehicle to carry passengers for reward, or 
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(d) such vehicle is used for the carriage of passengers for reward in pursuance of a contract of hiring made in a public place with the driver of such vehicle for the immediate hire of such driver and such vehicle for the carriage of such passengers. 
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