does anyone know if the same thing can be done in Scotland, or if we can legally work south of the border

CGSA 1982:
21(1) If any person -

(a) operates, or permits the operation of, a taxi within an area in respect of which its operation requires to be but is not licensed or the driver
requires to be but is not licensed; or
(b) picks up passengers in, or permits passengers to be picked up by, a
private hire car within an area in respect of which its operation requires
to be but is not licensed or the driver requires to be but is not licensed, that person shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £2,500.
(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply to the operation of a taxi or private hire car within an area in respect of which its operation or its driver is not licensed if the request for its hiring was received by its driver (otherwise than in a public place from the person to be conveyed in it, or a person acting on his behalf, for a journey beginning there and then) whilst -
(a) in the area or in that part thereof in respect of which its operation and
its driver are licensed;
(b) engaged on hire on a journey which began in that area or part or will
end there; or
(c) returning to that area or part immediately following completion of a
journey on hire.
(3) Subsection (1)(b) above does not apply to the operation of a vehicle within an area in respect of which its operation or its driver is not licensed if there are in force -
(i) in respect of the vehicle, a licence under section 37 of the Town Police
Clauses Act 1847 (licensing of hackney carriages) or section 48 of the
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (licensing of private hire vehicles); and
(ii) in respect of its driver, a licence under section 46 of the said Act of
1847 (licensing of hackney carriage drivers) or, as the case may be,
section 51 of the said Act of 1976 (licensing of drivers of private hire
vehicles).
(3A) Subsection (1)(b) above does not apply to the operation of a vehicle within an area in respect of which its operation or its driver is not licensed if there are in force –
(a) in respect of the vehicle, a licence under section 7 or the Private Hire
Vehicles (London) Act 1998; and
(b) in respect of its driver, a licence under section 13 of that Act.

Muppet

Well I can't see any hacks going for it if it means they can't ply for hire in their own manor.

I really can't see the big attraction of Berwick anyway, I mean even if it saves a hundred quid or two is it really worth all the hassle?

I have been told that there is no knowledge test....

Loop holes spring to mind Not knocking it Skippy before you get the wrong end of the stick

What makes it a loophole?

Regards

JD

So you have no knowlege of a knowlege test. What knowlege would you require if you had knowlege of a knowlege test? I have confuddled myself now.

I do have knowledge of the Sefton knowledge test, but as for this knowledge test I have no knowledge, nor do I have any knowledge of the knowledge test in any of the other areas that have knowledge tests that ascertain to their own particular area of knowledge.

I have been told that there is no knowledge test....