{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1976/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1976/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/57",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1976",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Vehicle, drivers’ and operators’ licences.",
  "text": "(1) Except as authorised by this Part of this Act—\n(a) no person being the proprietor of any vehicle, not being a hackney carriage or London cab in respect of which a vehicle licence is in force, shall use or permit the same to be used in a controlled district as a private hire vehicle without having for such a vehicle a current licence under section 48 of this Act;\n(b) no person shall in a controlled district act as driver of any private hire vehicle without having a current licence under section 51 of this Act;\n(c) no person being the proprietor of a private hire vehicle licensed under this Part of this Act shall employ as the driver thereof for the purpose of any hiring any person who does not have a current licence under the said section 51;\n(d) no person shall in a controlled district operate any vehicle as a private hire vehicle without having a current licence under section 55 of this Act;\n(e) no person licensed under the said section 55 shall in a controlled district operate any vehicle as a private hire vehicle—\n(i) if for the vehicle a current licence under the said section 48 is not in force; or\n(ii) if the driver does not have a current licence under the said section 51.\n(2) If any person knowingly contravenes the provisions of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words inserted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(2), Sch. 7 para. 17(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 46 modified (27.11.2009) by The Local Services (Operation by Licensed Hire Cars) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2863), regs. 1, 4 Table (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/57/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:28:53.162312+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}