Taxi Regulation Act 2003
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Prohibition on providing taxi or hackney, etc., service without licence. |
43.—(1) A person shall not drive or use a mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place (within the meaning of the Act of 1961) for the carriage of persons for reward unless the person holds a licence to drive a small public service vehicle and there is a small public service vehicle licence in force in respect of the vehicle. | |
(2) A person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence. | ||
(3) In this section— | ||
“small public service vehicle licence” means a licence, in respect of a small public service vehicle, granted under regulations made under section 34 of this Act or section 82 of the Act of 1961; | ||
“use” includes the stopping, parking of a mechanically propelled vehicle or the vehicle standing for hire at an appointed stand. |