186Restricted hire cars—display of licence labels

186 Restricted hire cars—display of licence labels (1) The accredited operator of a restricted hire car must attach the restricted hire car licence label issued to the person under section 168— (a) so the information on the label is readable from the outside of the hire car; and (b) if the hire car has a windscreen or fixed window— (i) to the lower left side (or nearside) of the windscreen; or (ii) to a fixed window on the left side (or nearside) of the hire car; and (c) if the hire car does not have a windscreen or fixed window—on or next to the hire car’s rear numberplate so the characters on the numberplate are not obscured. (2) A person must not operate a restricted hire car on a road or road related area if— (a) the hire car does not have the restricted hire car licence label issued for it attached to the hire car; or (b) the label is not attached in accordance with subsection (1); or (3) The accredited operator of a restricted hire car operated by someone else in contravention of subsection (2) also commits an offence if the accredited operator failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent