Guidance

Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing: best practice

Best practice guidance to help local licensing authorities to carry out their taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 2 March 2010
• Last updated: 17 November 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing best practice guidance for licensing authorities in England

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Private hire vehicle licensing guidance note

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Taxi byelaws: guidance and the byelaw making process

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Model byelaws for taxis

PDF, 165 KB, 8 pages

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Driver vehicle checklist

PDF, 130 KB, 4 pages

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Sample notices between taxi or private hire vehicle driver and passenger

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The documents on this page are:

• taxi and private hire vehicle licensing best practice guidance for licensing authorities in England
• private hire vehicle licensing guidance note
• taxi byelaws: guidance and the byelaw making process
• model byelaws for taxis
• model driver vehicle checklist
• sample notices between taxi or private hire vehicle driver and passenger

Published 2 March 2010

Last updated 17 November 2023 + show all updates

1. 17 November 2023

   Best practice guidance updated and guidance on licensing and byelaws added.

2. 2 March 2010

   First published.