Part II Licensing and Regulation—Particular Activities
Licensing and regulation of taxis and private hire cars
11 Inspection and testing of vehicles.
1
The holder of a taxi or private hire car licence shall present the taxi or private hire car for inspection and testing by or on behalf of the licensing authority within such period and at such place as they may by notice reasonably require.
2
An authorised officer of a licensing authority (as respects a taxi or private hire car licensed for the area of the authority) F1, an authorised civilian employee or a constable shall have power at any reasonable time to inspect and test, for the purpose of ascertaining its fitness, a licensed taxi or private hire car or, for the purpose of testing its fitness or accuracy, any taximeter and if he is not satisfied as to the safety of the taxi or private hire car for the carriage of passengers or as to the fitness or accuracy of the taximeter he may by notice in writing—
a
require the holder of the taxi or private hire car licence to make the taxi, private hire car or taximeter, as the case may be, available for further inspection at such reasonable time and place as may be specified in the notice;
b
suspend the licence until such time as an authorised officer of the licensing authority F2, an authorised civilian employee or a constable is so satisfied:
Provided that, if an authorised officer F3, employee or constable is not so satisfied before the expiration of a period of 28 days from the date of the suspension of the licence, the said licence shall, by virtue of this subsection, be deemed to have been suspended by the licensing authority under paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to this Act.