mancityfan wrote:
Only hackney carriages may use the word 'taxi' or 'cab' on the vehicle or in advertising.
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, s48(1)(a)(ii).
But the vehicles Jimbo was talking about are plated as HCs, so can't really see the problem with the word taxi on them. Whether they're doing primarily pre-booked work in another area doesn't seem to be relevant to the 1976 Act.
ManCityFan wrote:
Derby City Council requires operators to inform customers where the vehicle dispatched to them is not licensed by Derby City Council. It also prohibits vehicles licensed outside the area from displaying the livery of a private hire operator licensed by Derby City Council
Interesting, but what jurisdiction does Derby City Council have over vehicles plated elsewhere, whether as HC or PH?
Jimbo wrote:
Lincoln as anywhere has its share of out of town hacks working for private hire companies based in the city. These are saloons plated in many other districts. But some, not all have door stickers that are required by the council stating the company name and telephone number, and laughably the statement that they are a private hire vehicle and must be pre booked. Is it legal for a hackney carriage vehicle to carry signage that claims that it is a private hire vehicle?
Good question, but maybe the broader point is as per my point above? What jurisdiction has your council got over vehicles plated elsewhere? Which comes back to a discussion with Sussex a few months ago about what jurisdiction a council has over HCs working with a PH circuit with regard to pre-booked work? And that's just in relation to the HCs a local council licences, never mind those plated elsewhere.
As I recall it, Sussex thought that a council has similar jurisdiction over HCs working with a PH operator as PH plated cars, although I was a bit sceptical about that (and I think his opinion related to local HCs, so not so sure about out-of-area HCs).
After all, someone like Edders could move a fleet of SKDC-plated HCs into Lincoln and run them on a circuit from Stamford, and there's not a thing Lincoln council could do about it