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Brummie Cabbie

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:37 am

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Sussex wrote:

Brummie Cabbie wrote:

I think I am right in writing that there is no legal definition of the word 'Taxi' in English law.

Not exactly what you asked for, but I love this definition of a what is a 'taxi driver'.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20020441.htm

So for the purposes of that Statutory Instrument 2002 No 411, a "taxi driver" means the driver of a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Vehicle licensed as per the Acts mentioned within that paragraph.

But do note, that in that paragraph it does not state that a "taxi driver" is the driver of a taxi, which was my point. We all commonly use the word taxi, but there is no legal definition of that word in English law, as far as I am aware.

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Brummie Cabbie

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:00 am

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gusmac wrote:

Brummie Cabbie wrote:

Is there a legal definition of the word 'Taxi' in Scotland?

Civic Government Scotland Act 1982

23(1) In sections 10 to 22 of this Act:-

“taxi” means a hire car which is engaged, by arrangements made in a public place between the person to be conveyed in it (or a person acting on his behalf) and its driver for a journey beginning there and then; and
“private hire car” means a hire car other than a taxi within the meaning of this subsection.

Well, Gubber me!!!

Do you realise what the Scottish Act seems to imply?

How that reads to me is, that a Scottish 'cabbie' (driver) driving a hire car, standing & plying for hire at a rank or on a street & accepting a hiring for a journey beginning there & then, is doing so as the driver of a 'taxi', BUT if the person hiring the 'cabbie' (driver) hires him for a hiring that is NOT for a journey beginning there & then, but at a future time (pre-booking), then the 'cabbie' (driver) when picking up the booking at the appointed (future) time, will be acting NOT as the driver of a hire car which is a 'taxi', by virtue of the fact that he has not been engaged for a journey beginning at the time the booking was made, i.e. there & then, but will instead be acting as the driver of a hire car other than a taxi (within the meaning of this subsection), which according to that subsection must be a Private Hire Vehicle.