{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-taxis-and-private-hire-vehicles-order-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1946",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation (Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-taxis-and-private-hire-vehicles-order-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 51 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 precludes the granting of a licence to drive a private hire vehicle in England (excluding London) or Wales except to an applicant who holds, and has held for at least a year, an appropriate driving licence. Such a licence is either a full licence granted under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or a licence issued by another state in the European Economic Area. This Order amends Section 51 so as to give equal recognition to a Northern Ireland driving licence. Section 59, which makes equivalent provision with regard to a licence to drive a taxi (a “hackney carriage”) is similarly amended.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1946/note",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}