Sch 2 para 4
(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 3. (2) A “hire-vehicle” is a vehicle hired (by way of a trade) under a hiring agreement to which section 66 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 applies. (3) A “taxi”, in England and Wales, is a vehicle— (a) licensed under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, (b) licensed under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, or (c) drawn by one or more persons or animals. (4) A “taxi”, in Scotland, is— (a) a hire car engaged, by arrangements made in a public place between the person to be transported (or a person acting on that person's behalf) and the driver, for a journey starting there and then, or (b) a vehicle drawn by one or more persons or animals.