11 Private hire vehicles: sub-contracting
Deregulation Act 2015 (2015 c 20) | Legislation

11  Private hire vehicles: sub-contracting

In the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, after section 55 insert—

“55A Sub-contracting by operators

(1)     A person licensed under section 55 who has in a controlled district accepted a booking for a private hire vehicle may arrange for another person to provide a vehicle to carry out the booking if—

(a)     the other person is licensed under section 55 in respect of the same controlled district and the sub-contracted booking is accepted in that district;

(b)     the other person is licensed under section 55 in respect of another controlled district and the sub-contracted booking is accepted in that district;

(c)     the other person is a London PHV operator and the sub-contracted booking is accepted at an operating centre in London; or

(d)     the other person accepts

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