Prohibition against conveying unaccompanied goods
9.—(1)  The holder of a licence for a chauffeured private hire car or taxi must not use, or cause or permit —
(a)the private hire car, whether or not it is used as a chauffeured private hire car; or
(b)the taxi, whether or not it is used as a taxi,
to provide a courier pick‑up and delivery service without the prior approval of the Registrar.
(2)  In this rule, a courier pick‑up and delivery service means a service consisting of the collection, conveyance and delivery, for reward, of any cargo not incidental to the carriage of any passenger in a motor vehicle; and any goods, article, food or baggage which is unaccompanied by any passenger travelling in the motor vehicle must be treated as cargo.
[S 797/2017 wef 01/01/2018]