Regulation 9 Conditions
Every licence shall be granted subject to the conditions set out in the following provisions of this regulation.
In respect of any operating centre specified in the licence which is accessible to members of the public, the operator shall maintain in force a policy of insurance against public liability risks which provides a minimum indemnity of £5,000,000 in respect of any one event.
The operator shall, if required to do so by a person making a private hire booking—
agree the fare for the journey booked, or
provide an estimate of that fare.
If, during the currency of the licence—
any conviction is recorded—
where the operator is an individual, against him,
where the operator is a firm, against any partner of that firm, or
where the operator is another type of body or group of persons, against that body or group or any officer of that body or group;
any information provided in the application for the grant of the licence, or for any variation thereof, changes; or
any driver ceases to be available to the operator for carrying out bookings, by virtue of that drivers’s unsatisfactory conduct in connection with the driving of a private hire vehicle,
the operator shall, within 14 days of the date of such event, give the licensing authority notice containing details of the conviction or change, as the case may be, or, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (c), the name of the driver and the circumstances of the case.
No CB apparatus shall be used in connection with a private hire booking at any operating centre specified in the licence or in any private hire vehicle available for carrying out bookings accepted at any such operating centre.
The operator shall preserve records in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a) and (b).
The operator shall establish and maintain a procedure for dealing with—
complaints, and
lost property,
arising in connection with any private hire booking accepted by him and shall keep and preserve records in accordance with regulations 14, 15 and 16(1)(c).
Where an operator provides a London cab for the purpose of carrying out a private hire booking, any fare payable in respect of the booking shall be calculated as if the vehicle was a private hire vehicle unless the fare shown on the taximeter is less.
In the case of a licence granted following an election made under regulation 7(2) or (5), the operator must, during the currency of the licence, continue to meet the requirement that no more than two private hire vehicles are available to him for carrying out bookings accepted by him at all the operating centres specified in his licence.