SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20 Hackney carriages

Part I Transfers of functions and amendments

The London Cab and Stage Carriage Act 1907

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1

The M1London Cab and Stage Carriage Act 1907 shall be amended as follows.

2

In section 1(1) (power of Secretary of State to fix, by order under section 9 of the 1869 Act, fares for cabs fitted with taximeters)—

a

for “The Secretary of State” there shall be substituted “ Transport for London ”;

b

after “regulations made” there shall be inserted “ by London cab order ”.

3

At the end of section 1 there shall be inserted—

3

The power conferred by subsection (1) of this section is subject to paragraph (4) of the restrictions specified in section nine of the said Act of 1869.

4

In section 2 (abolition of privileged cab system)—

a

in subsection (1) (charges for admission to railway station not to exceed sum allowed by Secretary of State) for “the Secretary of State” there shall be substituted “ Transport for London ”; and

b

in subsection (2) (power of Secretary of State by order to suspend or modify the section in relation to a station if satisfied of insufficient supply of cabs at the station)—

i

for “the Secretary of State”, in both places, there shall be substituted “ Transport for London ”; and

ii

for “by order” there shall be substituted “ by London cab order ”.

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In section 6 (definitions) in subsection (1)—

a

after the definition of the expression “fare” there shall be inserted “ the expression “London cab order” has the same meaning as in the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 ”; and

b

in the definition of “taximeter” (which requires the device to be approved by or on behalf of the Secretary of State) for “the Secretary of State” there shall be substituted “ Transport for London ”.

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At the end of that section there shall be added—

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Any power to make a London cab order under or by virtue of this Act includes power to vary or revoke a previous such order.