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12 MODIFICATIONS12.1 No material alteration or change in the specification, design, condition orappearance of the vehicle may be made without first complying with roadtraffic and insurance legislation and secondly the approval of the LicensingOffice, at any time while the licence is in force.13 LICENCE PLATES AND STICKERS13.1 Except as provided at 13.4 below, at all times while the vehicle is being usedas a hackney or private hire vehicle there shall be securely fixed to the frontand rear of the vehicle the appropriate Vehicle Licence Plates supplied by theCouncil.13.2 The number of persons licensed to be carried in the vehicle shall be exhibitedoutside the vehicle on the Vehicle Licence Plates referred to above. (For thesepurposes children (of any age) are counted as one person).13.3 At all times while the vehicle is being used as either a hackney carriage orprivate hire vehicle there shall be displayed on the windscreen of such vehicle(top left-hand corner of the windscreen) the licence disc, which identifies thevehicle as either a private hire or hackney carriage vehicle. On this will bedisplayed the registration number of the vehicle and the number ofpassengers permitted to be carried.13.4 Provided that they have received express written consent from the Council,limousines and other professionally chauffeured vehicles may, in certaincircumstances, not be required to display the external vehicle licence platesbut must comply with the requirements of 13.3 above in respect of displayingthe internal licence disc.13.5 All applications for dispensation from the requirements to display externalvehicle licence plates will be considered by the Public Protection Committeewho will take account of the individual circumstances of the case.Dispensations are unlikely to be granted unless the applicant can satisfy thecommittee that their vehicle(s) are of such a type and age that they would beappropriate for executive travel and that such work represented at least 80%of their total business (verified by operator records in the case of existingvehicles). Such vehicles must display a windscreen badge, provided by thecouncil. These badges will show the details of the vehicle as they appear onthe plate. Vehicle licence plates and door signs will be provided and must becarried in the boot of the vehicle at all times. Vehicles given this exemptionwill normally be limousines, executive type cars, such as top range Mercedes,BMW’s etc.14 SIGNAGE14.1 Hackney Vehicle Markings14.1.1 Hackney carriage vehicles, other than minibuses, transits, people carriertype vehicles and those with built-in roof signs, must be fitted with anilluminated external sign on and above the roof of the vehicle showing theword “TAXI” ” or “TAXIS” on the side facing the front and the name of thecompany, or its telephone number, or the word “TAXI” ” or “TAXIS”, or anycombination of the three on the side facing towards the rear of the vehicle.The roof sign and lettering shall be of an appropriate size to enable it to beread clearly from a distance of 14 metres.40
14.1.2 The roof sign must be centrally mounted on the vehicle roof and must beadequately secured either directly to the roof by suitable magnets or othermeans or by mounting on a single roof bar and secured by bolts, straps, orclamps.14.1.3 On purpose built vehicles, with built-in roof signs, the roof light must beextinguished when the fare meter is in use.14.1.4 Minibuses, transits and people carrier type vehicles which are not fitted withan appropriate roof sign, as indicated above, shall have the word “Taxi” inletters of between 20 cm and 30 cm in height displayed on the front andrear of the vehicles so that they can be clearly identified as a hackneycarriage vehicle.14.2 Private Hire Vehicle markings14.2.1 Self adhesive identification signs as approved and supplied by the Council,indicating that insurance is invalid unless the vehicle is booked by privatehire, must be affixed to the to the drivers’ door and front passenger doorpanels of the vehicle. These signs should not be tampered with in any wayand must be displayed at all times whilst the vehicle has current private hireplates affixed.14.2.2 A Private Hire Vehicle must not carry any roof sign or any markings thatmight give the impression that it is a Hackney Carriage.14.2.3 Any advertising or signage on the vehicle must specifically not include thewords "taxi", "cab", “hackney carriage” or "hire" the use of which is notpermitted.14.2.4 No alternative words or spellings, such as “Kab”, which would have theeffect of leading the public to believe that a vehicle is a hackney carriageavailable for hire, may be used on the vehicle.15 ADVERTISING ETCNote: Sections 15.1 and 15.4.1 below, which effectively limit the amount and nature ofadvertising permitted on hackney vehicles, are currently the subject of further review. Thisis likely to result in them being relaxed to allow more extensive advertising particularly inrespect of businesses, products or services not directly associated with the taxi business.15.1 Any advertising on the vehicle must be restricted to the name, logo orinsignia, telephone number, free-phone number, fax number, E-mailaddress or Web site of the owner or operator of the vehicle. Advertising ofother businesses or products or services is not permitted and no art works,slogans or other displays of any kind are permitted15.2 No sign or advertisement shall obliterate or be confused with the vehicle’slicence plate or the number plates of the vehicle.15.3 Subject to the following provisions of this section, a sign may be affixed tothe outside or inside of the vehicle indicating that smoking is prohibited inthe vehicle or requesting passengers to refrain from smoking inside thevehicle.15.4 Limited advertising, in line with the requirements of 15.1 and 15.2 abovemay be displayed on a vehicle subject to the following conditions:41
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Page 35 and 36: 6.4.3 RevocationWhere a licence hol
Page 37 and 38: 9 PRIVATE HIRE OPERATORS9.1 Require
Page 39 and 40: 10 FARES10.1 General10.1.1 Licensin
Page 41 and 42: 11 FEES11.1 Fee Structure11.1.1 The
Page 43 and 44: APPENDIX AVEHICLES - SPECIFICATIONS
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Page 49 and 50: 17 METERS17.1 Hackney carriages17.1
Page 51 and 52: (iv)(v)Access ramps or lifts to the
Page 53 and 54: APPENDIX BADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR
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Page 64 and 65: APPENDIX GTHE TESTING OF APPLICANTS
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Page 82 and 83: APPENDIX NPENALTY POINTS SYSTEMThe
Page 84 and 85: LIST OF OFFENCES / BREACH OF LICENC
Page 86 and 87: PRIVATE HIRELocal Government (Misce
Page 88 and 89: Vehicle Specifications & Conditions
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Page 92 and 93: PRIVATE HIRESection Offence Maximum
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APPENDIX QFARE TARIFFMAXIMUM FARES
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Average Productive Mileage30,000 (5
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APPENDIX TTAXI RANKS IN THE FYLDE A
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