2E+W+SFor the purposes of the specified sections, a statutory statement of hiring is a statement in the prescribed form, signed by the person furnishing it, being the person by whom a statement of liability was signed and stating—
(a)whether at the relevant time the vehicle was let to him under the hiring agreement to which the statement of liability refers; and
(b)if it was not, the date on which he returned the vehicle to the possession of the vehicle-hire firm concerned.