177BApplication for stand-by hire car permit

177B Application for stand-by hire car permit (1) The holder of a hire car licence (other than a restricted hire car licence) may apply to the road transport authority for the issue of a permit to operate another vehicle as a hire car (a stand-by hire car) instead of the vehicle mentioned in the licence (the usual hire car). (2) The application must be accompanied by a written statement, signed by the registered operator of the other vehicle, authorising the licence- holder to use the other vehicle as a stand-by hire car.