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InterpretationE+W+S
4(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 3.E+W+S
(2)A “hire-vehicle” is a vehicle hired (by way of a trade) under a hiring agreement to which section 66 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 applies.
(3)A “taxi”, in England and Wales, is a vehicle—
(a)licensed under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847,
(b)licensed under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, or
(c)drawn by one or more persons or animals.
(4)A “taxi”, in Scotland, is—
(a)a hire car engaged, by arrangements made in a public place between the person to be transported (or a person acting on that person's behalf) and the driver, for a journey starting there and then, or
(b)a vehicle drawn by one or more persons or animals.
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