SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1E+W+S Public Service Vehicles: Conditions Affecting Status or Classification

Part I E+W+S Sharing of Taxis and Hire-Cars

1E+W+SThe making of the agreement for the payment of separate fares must not have been initiated by the driver or by the owner of the vehicle, by any person who has made the vehicle available under any arrangement, or by any person who receives any remuneration in respect of the arrangements for the journey.

2(1)The journey must be made without previous advertisement to the public of facilities for its being made by passengers to be carried at separate fares, except where the local authorities concerned have approved the arrangements under which the journey is made as designed to meet the social and welfare needs of one or more communities, and their approvals remain in force.E+W+S

(2)In relation to a journey the local authorities concerned for the purposes of this paragraph are those in whose area any part of the journey is to be made; and in this sub-paragraph “local authority” means—

(a)in relation to England and Wales, [F1the council of a county, metropolitan district or London borough and the Common Council of the City of London];

(b)in relation to Scotland, a [F2council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994].

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