In this section—
"the first operator" means a person licensed under section 55 who has in a controlled district accepted a booking for a private hire vehicle and then made arrangements for another person to provide a vehicle to carry out the booking in accordance with section 55A(1);
"the second operator" means the person with whom the first operator made the arrangements (and, accordingly, the person who accepted the sub-contracted booking).
The first operator is not to be treated for the purposes of section 46(1)(e) as operating a private hire vehicle by virtue of having invited or accepted the booking.
The first operator is guilty of an offence if—
the second operator is a person mentioned in section 55A(1)(a) or (b),
the second operator contravenes section 46(1)(e) in respect of the sub-contracted booking, and
the first operator knew that the second operator would contravene section 46(1)(e) in respect of the booking.