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Part II Licensing and Regulation—Particular Activities

Licensing and regulation of taxis and private hire cars

13AF1Persons disqualified by reason of immigration status

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For the purposes of section 13(3A) a person is disqualified by reason of the person's immigration status from driving a taxi or private hire car if the person is subject to immigration control and—

a

the person has not been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or

b

the person's leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom—

i

is invalid,

ii

has ceased to have effect (whether by reason of curtailment, revocation, cancellation, passage of time or otherwise), or

iii

is subject to a condition preventing the person from driving a taxi or private hire car.

2

Where a person is on immigration bail within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016—

a

the person is to be treated for the purposes of this section as if the person had been granted leave to enter the United Kingdom, but

b

any condition as to the person's work in the United Kingdom to which the person's immigration bail is subject is to be treated for those purposes as a condition of leave.

3

For the purposes of this section a person is subject to immigration control if under the Immigration Act 1971 the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.