Public service vehicle not to ply for hire, etc., unless driver, etc., licensedN.I.
F159.—(1) No public service vehicle shall stand or ply for hire or carry passengers for hire unless the driver,[F2 holds a passenger-carrying vehicle driver's licence, as defined in Article 70(2) or, as the case may be, a taxi driver's licence within the meaning of Article 79A].
(2) If a public service vehicle stands or plies for hire or carries passengers for hire contrary to this Article the owner of the vehicle shall be guilty of an offence under this Order unless he proves that the driverF2. . . acted without his privity or consent.
F1mod. by SR 1981/199
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Arts. 59-66 excluded (23.11.2009 for specified purposes, 31.5.2016 in so far as not already in operation) by Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 4), ss. 54(1), 59; S.R. 2009/352, art. 2, Sch.; S.R. 2015/389, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3