[F155BSub-contracting by operators: criminal liabilityE+W
(1)In this section—
“the first operator” means a person licensed under section 55 who has in a controlled district accepted a booking for a private hire vehicle and then made arrangements for another person to provide a vehicle to carry out the booking in accordance with section 55A(1);
“the second operator” means the person with whom the first operator made the arrangements (and, accordingly, the person who accepted the sub-contracted booking).
(2)The first operator is not to be treated for the purposes of section 46(1)(e) as operating a private hire vehicle by virtue of having invited or accepted the booking.
(3)The first operator is guilty of an offence if—
(a)the second operator is a person mentioned in section 55A(1)(a) or (b),
(b)the second operator contravenes section 46(1)(e) in respect of the sub-contracted booking, and
(c)the first operator knew that the second operator would contravene section 46(1)(e) in respect of the booking.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 55A - S. 55B inserted (1.10.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 11, 115(7); S.I. 2015/994, art. 11(e)