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im thinking of geting an 8 seater but i dont av an operators licence and dont want to plate the vehicle.As long as i have the proper insurance is there anythingto stop me seting up as joe bloggs travel to take people to the airport and other outings,i have noticed al the mini buses on my current school run half are plated and the other half just seem to have blah blah travel written on the side!

Of course to run legally you either need to have a hackney or private hire plate, councils can only plate up to 8 passengers, or a PCV operators license and a vehicle disc. This can either be a full PCV operators license or if this is not your main work it can be a restricted PCV license. The main differences from a vehicle point of view is that a hackney or private hire should have the relevent council plates displayed, although some councils may grant an exemption from displaying them, and the PCV should have an orange or blue disc in the front window.

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Grandad,

fair enough,but like i said in my first postin half the buses at the special school where i pick up are not plated,can you tell me more about a restricted psv licence/cheers!

Are they owned by the council/school. If they are they are exempt.

a taxi firm (already plated) can run bigger (9-16 passengers) buses on a R o-licence, but you need a D1 (minibus licence, about £600 to get)

if they are less than 9 passenger seats and unplated they could be owned by PCV (coach) firms who dont need plates...

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They would still need the vehicle disc in the front window though.

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Grandad,

formality and a stamp

cheap at half the price

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