Road Traffic Act, 1933

PART VIII.

Special Provisions for Street Service Vehicles.

Definition of use as a street service vehicle.

131.—For the purposes of this Part of this Act a small public service vehicle shall be deemed to be used as a street service vehicle if and whenever—

(a) such vehicle and the driver thereof is hired in a public place for the carriage of passengers for reward on the terms that such hiring is to commence immediately, or

(b) the driver of such vehicle offers in a public place himself and such vehicle for immediate hire for the carriage of passengers for reward, or

(c) the driver of such vehicle stands or drives such vehicle in a public place for the purpose of being immediately hired with such vehicle to carry passengers for reward, or

(d) such vehicle is used for the carriage of passengers for reward in pursuance of a contract of hiring made in a public place with the driver of such vehicle for the immediate hire of such driver and such vehicle for the carriage of such passengers.