Statutory guidance

Air quality: Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (PHVs) database guidance

Guidance providing advice to licensing authorities in England and Wales on the data they must provide on all registered vehicles operating as taxis and private hire vehicles.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Welsh Government
Published
18 July 2019

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

The Air Quality (Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles Database) (England and Wales) Regulations 2019: Statutory guidance

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Rheoliadau Ansawdd Aer (Cronfa Ddata Tacsis a Cherbydau Hurio Preifat) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2019: Canllawiau statudol

PDF, 593 KB, 32 pages

Annex A: Technical specification

PDF, 261 KB, 15 pages

Annex B: Memorandum of Understanding

MS Word Document, 76.5 KB

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Annex B: Memorandum of Understanding (print version)

PDF, 76.5 KB, 5 pages

Annex B: Memorandum of Understanding (Welsh)

MS Word Document, 79 KB

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Details

This guidance provides advice on:

  • the data that licensing authorities in England and Wales must provide in relation to all vehicles operating as taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) registered by the authority
  • the format in which it is transferred
  • the way in which the data will be handled in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The Taxi and PHV Centralised Database forms part of the wider digital infrastructure that is being developed to support the introduction of charging Clean Air Zones.

This statutory guidance is issued under section 88(1) of the Environment Act 1995. Licensing authorities (those defined in regulation 2(1) of the Regulations) are under a statutory duty to have regard to this guidance as set out under section 88(2) of the Environment Act 1995.

Published 18 July 2019