(1)  A person who operates a vehicle as a luxury hire car with the consent or authority of the licensee is, while driving the vehicle or performing any associated activity, taken to be a worker employed by the licensee.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if the driver of the luxury hire car is also the licensee.

(3)  In this section –

licensee means the holder of a luxury hire car licence under the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008 ;

luxury hire car means a vehicle in respect of which a luxury hire car licence is in force under the Taxi and Hire Vehicle Industries Act 2008 .