{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1976/section-55B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1976/section-55B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/57",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1976",
  "path": "section/55B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55B",
  "heading": "Sub-contracting by operators: criminal liability",
  "text": "(1) In this section—\n“the first operator” means a person licensed under section 55 who has in a controlled district accepted a booking for a private hire vehicle and then made arrangements for another person to provide a vehicle to carry out the booking in accordance with section 55A(1);\n“the second operator” means the person with whom the first operator made the arrangements (and, accordingly, the person who accepted the sub-contracted booking).\n(2) The first operator is not to be treated for the purposes of section 46(1)(e) as operating a private hire vehicle by virtue of having invited or accepted the booking.\n(3) The first operator is guilty of an offence if—\n(a) the second operator is a person mentioned in section 55A(1)(a) or (b),\n(b) the second operator contravenes section 46(1)(e) in respect of the sub-contracted booking, and\n(c) the first operator knew that the second operator would contravene section 46(1)(e) in respect of the booking.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 55A - S. 55B inserted (1.10.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 11, 115(7); S.I. 2015/994, art. 11(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/57/section/55B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:28:53.162312+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}