Section 54: Issue of drivers' badges.

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 · 1976 c.57

Part II: Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles

54(1)

When granting a driver's licence under section 51 of this Act a district council shall issue a driver's badge in such a form as may from time to time be prescribed by them.

54(2)

(a) A driver shall at all times when acting in accordance with the driver's licence granted to him wear such badge in such position and manner as to be plainly and distinctly visible.

(b) If any person without reasonable excuse contravenes the provisions of this subsection, he shall be guilty of an offence.

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