The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Private Hire Vehicles) (Carriage of Guide Dogs etc.) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003

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    (2) In these Regulations "the Act" means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

    (3) These Regulations apply to England and Wales.

Notices of exemption
     2.  - (1) The prescribed notice of exemption for the purposes of section 37A(8)(b) of the Act shall be a notice duly completed in accordance with the certificate of exemption, which shall be - 

(a) in the case of a driver of a private hire vehicle to whom the certificate of exemption has been issued by a licensing authority in England, the notice set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(b) in the case of a driver of a private hire vehicle to whom the certificate of exemption has been issued by a licensing authority in Wales, the notice set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

    (2) The prescribed manner of exhibiting a notice of exemption for the purposes of section 37A(8)(b) of the 1995 Act shall be by either - 

(a) affixing it in a prominent position on the dashboard of the private hire vehicle, facing upwards; or

(b) affixing it to the windscreen of the private hire vehicle, facing outwards.

Prescribed charities
     3. Each of the following is a prescribed charity for the purposes of the definition of an assistance dog in section 37A of the Act - 

(a) "Dogs for the Disabled" registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 1092960;

(b) "Support Dogs" registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 1017237; and

(c) "Canine Partners for Independence" registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 803680.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport


Tony McNulty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport

3rd December 2003

Regulation 2(1)(a)

     1. FORM OF FRONT OF NOTICE OF EXEMPTION IN ENGLAND

SECTION 37A DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1995

NOTICE OF EXEMPTION

(Name of private hire vehicle licensing authority)

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Driver's full name

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Licence No.

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The person named above is exempt from carrying guide dogs, hearing dogs, or assistance dogs in the private hire vehicle specified at "A" below or in a kind of private hire vehicle specified at "B" below. A Registration number of specified private hire vehicle*

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B Kind of private hire vehicle*

(a) Private hire vehicle with fixed partition segregating the driver from the passenger compartment*

(b) Private hire vehicle without fixed partition segregating the driver from the passenger compartment*

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