PART V Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Supplementary provisions

81 Interpretation of references to the operator of a vehicle or service.

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For the purposes of this Act—

a

regulations may make provision as to the person who is to be regarded as the operator of a vehicle which is made available by one holder of a PSV operator’s licence to another under a hiring arrangement; and

b

where regulations under paragraph (a) above do not apply, the operator of a vehicle is—

i

the driver, if he owns the vehicle; and

ii

in any other case, the person for whom the driver works (whether under a contract of employment or any other description of contract personally to do work).

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