Transporting a wheelchair user
The new requirements of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 6 April 2017.
Sections 165 to 167 of the Equality Act 2010 make it a criminal offence for drivers of designated taxi and specified private hire vehicles to:
- refuse to carry passengers in standard manual wheelchairs
- fail to provide passengers in a wheelchair with appropriate assistance
- charge those passengers extra
The requirements of Section 165 do not apply to drivers who have a valid medical exemption certificate and are displaying valid exemption notices. If you are exempt then you will have been issued with two exemption notices. These must be displayed as follows:
- one in the near side window for approaching passengers and wheelchair users to see
- one in the rear window of your vehicle so any driver behind you on the rank will be aware of your exemption
The exemption notice is not transferable and if the vehicle is shared by another user you must make sure the notice is removed before somebody else uses the vehicle.
Wheelchair accessible vehicles licensed by Mid Devon
We maintain a full list of licensed hackney carriage and private hire vehicles in Mid Devon which are wheelchair accessible.
This register is also the designated list for the purposes of Section 165 of the Equality Act 2010.
Wheelchair accessible hackney carriages:
| * | Licence Number: | HV0061 |
| Vehicle Make/Model: | Peugeot Partner | |
| Registration Number: | SF11 KMU | |
| Operator: | Just-Me | |
| Telephone Number: | 07876 722406 | |
| * | Licence Number: | HV0034 |
| Vehicle Make/Model: | Peugeot Premier | |
| Registration Number: | SD63 EXV | |
| Operator: | Jolly Jaunts | |
| * | Licence Number: | HV0019 |
| Vehicle Make/Model: | Fiat Doblo | |
| Registration Number: | WF55 OEJ | |
| Operator: | BFM Autoservices | |
| Telephone Number: | 07977 145223 | |
| * | Licence Number: | HV0003 |
| Vehicle Make/Model: | Fiat Doblo | |
| Registration Number: | SF66 FJN | |
| Operator: | Frankies |
Wheelchair accessible private hire vehicles:
| * | Licence Number: | PV0306 |
| Vehicle Make/Model: | Renault Master | |
| Registration Number: | WJ08 YZM | |
| Operator: | Tiverton & District Community Transport Association |