Installation or use of visual recording equipment in or on public service vehicles
14C.—(1) Except as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3), a person must not install, or cause or permit to be installed, any visual recording equipment in or on any public service vehicle.
(2) A person may install, or cause or permit to be installed, the following visual recording equipment in or on any public service vehicle:
(a)
a mobile telephone;
(b)
any other visual recording device installed in a way —
(i)
that can only result in a visual recording of the conditions or circumstances outside the vehicle; and
(ii)
that is not positioned or manoeuvred to record the presence or absence of any person or thing, or the occurrence of any incident, within the vehicle.
(3) The owner of any public service vehicle may install, or cause or permit to be installed, a visual recording equipment in or on the vehicle to record the presence or absence of any person or item, or the occurrence of any incident, 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 visual recording equipment installed in or on a public service vehicle to record the presence or absence of any person or item, or the occurrence of any incident, within the vehicle unless —
(a)
the person has prior written permission from the Registrar to do so;
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(b)
the visual 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 visual recording equipment is installed in or on the vehicle in accordance with the Registrar’s permission.