{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-hackney-carriage-act-1853/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-hackney-carriage-act-1853/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/16-17/33",
  "legislation_title": "London Hackney Carriage Act 1853",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-hackney-carriage-act-1853",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act for the better Regulation of Metropolitan Stage and Hackney Carriages, and for prohibiting the Use of advertising Vehicles.\n[28th June 1853]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Short title “The London Hackney Carriage Act 1853” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act repealed as to public service vehicles by Road Traffic Act 1930 (c. 43), Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Functions of Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis as to licensing of hackney carriages now exercisable by an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: Metropolitan Police Act 1856 (c. 2, SIF 95), ss. 1, 5, 7, Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 (c. 115, SIF 107:1), ss. 6, 8, 11, S. R. & O. 1934/1346 (Rev. XIV, p. 795: 1934 I, p. 1221) and S. I. 1955/1853 (1955 I, p. 1143)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 and London Hackney Carriages Act 1850 cited or referred to by their short titles under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), s. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/16-17/33/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:22:40.157247+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."
}