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Explanatory note

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1

This Order is supplemental to the London Cab Order 1934 and supersedes the London Cab Order 1995.

2

Under the 1934 Order, where a person applies for a cab licence under the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, he is required to submit the cab for examination by a Public Carriage Examiner.

3

This Order applies to applications for a cab licence in respect of a motor cab registered on or after August 1979 and propelled by a diesel engine. It requires a certificate to be handed to the Public Carriage Examiner when the cab is presented to him for examination. The certificate has to indicate that the vehicle has passed the exhaust emission test for diesel engined vehicles specified in the publication entitled “The MOT Inspection Manual Car and Light Commercial Vehicle Testing”. A copy of this publication can be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

4

The Order prescribes the form of certificate, the time within which it must be signed and the persons who can sign it.

5

The Order gives a Public Carriage Examiner power to require a further certificate to be produced in certain circumstances.