Installation or use of audio recording equipment in or on public service vehicles
14B.—(1) Except as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3), a person must not install, or cause or permit to be installed, any audio recording equipment in or on a public service vehicle.
(2) A person may install, or cause or permit to be installed, the following audio recording equipment in or on any public service vehicle:
(a)
a mobile telephone;
(b)
an audio recording equipment which is also a visual recording equipment and which is installed in accordance with rule 14C(2)(b) or (3);
(c)
any other audio recording device —
(i)
that cannot record any sound, or absence of sound, within the vehicle; and
(ii)
that is installed in a way that can only result in an audio recording of the conditions or circumstances outside of the vehicle.
(3) The owner of a public service vehicle may install, or cause or permit to be installed, an audio recording equipment in or on the vehicle to record any sound, or absence of sound, within the vehicle only if —
(a)
the owner has prior written permission from the Registrar to do so; and
(b)
the equipment is installed by a person designated by the Authority in accordance with that permission.
(4) A person must not use, or cause or permit to be used, any audio recording equipment installed in or on a public service vehicle to record any sound, or absence of sound, within the vehicle unless —
(a)
the person has prior written permission from the Registrar to do so;
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(b)
the audio recording is made in accordance with that permission; and
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(c)
a notice is displayed in a conspicuous place inside the vehicle, stating that audio recording equipment is installed in or on the vehicle in accordance with the Registrar’s permission.