Schedule 2, paragraph 3(3)

But, for the purpose of complying with the first or third requirement, A may not rely on sub-paragraph (2)(b), (c) or (d) if the vehicle concerned is— a hire-vehicle designed and constructed for the carriage of passengers, comprising more than 8 seats in addition to the driver's seat and having a maximum mass not exceeding 5 tonnes, a hire-vehicle designed and constructed for the carriage of goods and having a maximum mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes, a vehicle licensed under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 or section 7 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 (or under a provision of a local Act corresponding to either of those provisions), a private hire car (within the meaning of section 23 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982), a public service vehicle (within the meaning given by section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981), a vehicle built or adapted to carry passengers on a railway or tramway (within the meaning, in each case, of the Transport and Works Act 1992), a taxi, a vehicle deployed to transport the driver and passengers of a vehicle that has broken down or is involved in an accident, or a vehicle deployed on a system using a mode of guided transport (within the meaning of the Transport and Works Act 1992).

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04