The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Private Hire Vehicles)(Carriage of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2006

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Private Hire Vehicles)(Carriage of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 17th July 2006.

Amendments

2.—(1) The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Private Hire Vehicles)(Carriage of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales) Regulations 2003(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (2) of regulation 2 there shall be substituted—

“(2) The prescribed manner of exhibiting a notice of exemption for the purposes of section 37A(8)(b) of the 1995 Act shall be—

(a) by displaying it—

(i) on the nearside of and immediately behind the windscreen of the private hire vehicle 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 private hire vehicle; and

(ii) its back is clearly visible from the driver’s seat of the private hire vehicle.”.

(3) For Part 2 of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the content of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(4) For Part 2 of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the content of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Gillian Merron

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

16th June 2006