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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
307Driver authority card to be displayed or shown
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307 Driver authority card to be displayed or shown
(1) A person who drives a public passenger vehicle for hire or reward
must––
(a) display the person’s driver authority card so that the information
on the photo-side of the card can reasonably be read by a
passenger—
(i) if the public vehicle is a bus—on entering the vehicle; or
(ii) if the public vehicle is a car—when the passenger is seated
in the vehicle; or
(b) if the public vehicle is a motorbike—show the person’s driver
authority card to the passenger at the start of the hire; or
(c) display the person’s driver authority card––
(i) in accordance with any guidelines made under
subsection (4); or
(ii) in accordance with an approval given under subsection (6).
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who drives—
(a) a light rail vehicle; or
(b) a restricted hire car; or
(c) a public passenger vehicle if—
(i) the person is an affiliated driver for a transport booking
(ii) the transport booking service gives the hirer sufficient
information, including photo identification, for the hirer to
identify the person before the hiring begins.
Note A light rail driver is not issued a driver authority card (see Road
Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999, s 64 and dict, def public vehicle).
(4) The road transport authority may make guidelines about the display
of driver authority cards.
(5) A guideline is a notifiable instrument.
(6) On application by a person who drives a public passenger vehicle for
hire or reward, the road transport authority may, in writing, approve
a way in which the person may display the person’s driver authority
card.
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