Manchester City Council

Taxis and private hire Installation of CCTV systems in Private Hire and Hackney Carriage vehicles policy

Conditions for Hackney Carriage, non-standard Private Hire, limousine and private hire vehicles

  1. No CCTV system shall be installed in a vehicle unless it has previously been approved by the City Council.
  2. No CCTV system shall be installed in a vehicle without the prior written consent of the Council.
  3. No cameras shall be installed in the vehicle without prior written consent from the Council as to the number and location of such cameras. The number and location of cameras shall not be varied without the prior written consent of the Council.
  4. An advisory notice, provided by the Council, shall be displayed inside the vehicle on each of the rear side passenger windows.  The notices shall be positioned in a prominent position where they can be easily read by persons both inside and outside of the vehicle. The proprietor shall ensure that the notices are maintained in a clean and legible condition.
  5. The proprietor shall ensure that the system is properly and regularly maintained and serviced in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions by a suitably qualified person.  Written records of all maintenance and servicing shall be made and retained by the proprietor for a minimum of 12 months.  Such written records shall be made available on demand by an authorised officer of the Council or a Police officer.
  6. Upon request for image retrieval by an officer of the Council or a police officer the proprietor shall ensure that the CCTV system is made available to the system administrator, as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within 7 days of the request.
  7. The proprietor of the vehicle shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that any driver of the vehicle is made aware of every condition in relation to any installed CCTV system and has been given adequate instruction regarding the need for the system to be made available as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within 7 days of any authorised request for any image retrieval.
  8. The proprietor shall ensure that notification is lodged with the Information Commissioner to cover the purposes for which the CCTV system is used.

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