Article 17 Identification of licensed vehicles

The Department shall issue a plate, disc, sign or distinguishing mark (or any combination of these) for each licensed taxi which identifies it as a taxi for which a taxi licence has been granted.

No licensed taxi shall be used in standing or plying for hire or reward or to carry passengers for hire or reward unless the plate, disc, sign or distinguishing mark issued under this Article is exhibited in or on the taxi in such manner as may be prescribed.

The driver of a taxi and the taxi operator for or in respect of a taxi used in contravention of paragraph (2) are each guilty of an offence.

The owner of a taxi who permits it to be used in contravention of paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence.

It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under paragraph (3) for the operator to show that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the taxi being used in contravention of paragraph (2).

A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.