{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedicab-operators-london-regulations-2026/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedicab-operators-london-regulations-2026/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/135",
  "legislation_title": "The Pedicab Operators (London) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedicab-operators-london-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Bookings accepted on behalf of another operator or a pedicab driver",
  "text": "(1) An operator may not arrange for—\n(a) another operator to provide a pedicab to operate a pedicab booking as sub-contractor unless the other operator is a licensed operator under these Regulations; or\n(b) a driver to carry out a pedicab booking as sub-contractor unless they are a pedicab driver.\n(2) An operator who contravenes paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.\n(3) It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under this regulation for an operator to show that they exercised all due diligence to avoid committing such an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.\n(5) It is immaterial for the purposes of paragraph (1) whether or not sub-contracting is permitted by the contract between the first operator and the person who made the pedicab booking.\n(6) For the avoidance of doubt (and subject to any relevant contract terms), a contract of hire between a person who made a pedicab booking and the operator who accepted the booking remains in force despite the making of arrangements by that operator for another contractor to provide a vehicle to carry out that booking as sub-contractor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/135/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:09.520223+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."
}