# Equality Act 2010, Paragraph 4


(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 3.
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/2/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-4
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