http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/500/schedule/madeThe Taxi Drivers' Licences (Carrying of Guide Dogs and Hearing Dogs) (Scotland) Regulations 2002Guide dogsTaxi and minicab licencesDisabled peopleSupport dogsVisual impairmentKing's Printer for Scotland2015-01-19LICENCES AND LICENSING These Regulations place a duty on taxi drivers, through the imposition of a condition in a taxi driver’s licence, to carry a disabled passenger’s guide dog, hearing dog or assistance dog. The Regulations provide that the taxi driver must allow the dog to remain with the disabled person and not make any additional charge for carrying the dog. SCHEDULE FORM OF NOTICE OF EXEMPTION Regulation 4(a) [Name of licensing authority]

[Full name of driver], the holder of taxi driver’s licence No. [number of licence], is, during the period [insert dates of beginning and end of period of exemption], exempt from the duty to carry guide dogs, hearing dogs and assistance dogs– a in the taxi having registration mark [registration mark of taxi] and licence number [licence number of taxi]*; b in taxis with fixed partition segregating the driver from the passenger compartment*; c in taxis without fixed partition segregating the driver from the passenger compartment*.

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