# Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, Section 51: Licensing of drivers of private hire vehicles.

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, a district council shall, on the receipt of an application from any person for the grant to that person of a licence to drive private hire vehicles, grant to that person a driver’s licence:
Provided that a district council shall not grant a licence—
(a) unless they are satisfied —
(i) that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a driver’s licence; and
(ii) that the applicant is not disqualified by reason of the applicant's immigration status from driving a private hire vehicle; or
(b) to any person who has not for at least twelve months been authorised to drive a motor car, or is not at the date of the application for a driver’s licence so authorised.
(1ZA) In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) whether an applicant is disqualified by reason of the applicant's immigration status from driving a private hire vehicle, a district council must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.
(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section a person is authorised to drive a motor car if—
(a) he holds a licence granted under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (not being a provisional licence) authorising him to drive a motor car, or
(b) he is authorised by virtue of section 99A(1) or section 109(1) of that Act to drive in Great Britain a motor car.
(2) A district council may attach to the grant of a licence under this section such conditions as they may consider reasonably necessary.
(3) It shall be the duty of a council by which licences are granted in pursuance of this section to enter, in a register maintained by the council for the purpose, the following particulars of each such licence, namely—
(a) the name of the person to whom it is granted;
(b) the date on which and the period for which it is granted; and
(c) if the licence has a serial number, that number,
and to keep the register available at its principal offices for inspection by members of the public during office hours free of charge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/57/section/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1976/section-51
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