177EIssue, form and display of stand-by hire car permit label

177E Issue, form and display of stand-by hire car permit label (1) If the road transport authority issues a stand-by hire car permit to the holder of a hire car licence, the authority must also issue to the licence-holder a label for the vehicle to which the permit relates. (2) A stand-by hire car permit label issued to the holder of a hire car licence must show— (a) the registration number of the usual hire car; and (b) the registration number of the vehicle to be operated as the stand-by hire car; and (c) the expiry date of the permit. (3) The licence-holder must attach the stand-by hire car permit label— (a) to the lower left side (or nearside) of the windscreen of the stand- by hire car; and

(b) so the information on the label is readable from the outside of the hire car. (4) A person must not operate a stand-by hire car on a road or road related area if— (a) the hire car does not have the stand-by hire car permit label issued for it attached to the hire car; or (b) the label is not attached in accordance with subsection (3); or (5) The accredited operator of a stand-by hire car operated by someone else in contravention of subsection (4) also commits an offence if the accredited operator failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent