PHV Driver’s Badge

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When you get your licence you will also receive a PHV driver’s badge (also known as photographic ID). You must wear this badge at all times when you are working as a PHV driver.
Your PHV driver’s badge displays your name, photograph, licence number and the date your licence period ends.
Remember, your operator must give passengers your name, photograph and vehicle details. This means that passengers can check this information against your badge.

You must wear your badge whenever you are working as a PHV driver, including when you are waiting to receive a booking or travelling to pick up a passenger.
If a passenger asks for your licence number, you should let them see your badge so that they can write the number down.
The badge includes text in Braillewhich means a vision- impaired person can know that you are licensed.
Rememberthe badge is for you to use only. You must not allow any other person to use it to carry out bookings.

BADGE EXEMPTIONS

You must wear your badge at all times when working as a PHV driver unless TfL have given you special permission not to. This is called an exemption.
If TfL give you an exemption, they will send you an exemption notice.
You must carry that notice with you at all times when working as a PHV driver

Lost badges

If you lose your PHV driver’s badge or licence, or somebody steals it, report it immediately to TfL.
If your badge has been stolen you should also report it to the police and get a crime reference numberfrom them. Without your badge you cannot continue working as a PHV driver.
TfL will replace your lost or stolen badge or licence. However, if you then find your original badge or licence, you must return it to TfL.
Your badge and licence are the property of TfL at all times, including when they have passed their expiry date. You must return them when they pass the expiry date or when you are no longer licensed.