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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-hackney-carriages-act-1843/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/6-7/86",
  "legislation_title": "London Hackney Carriages Act 1843",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-hackney-carriages-act-1843",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act for regulating Hackney and Stage Carriages in and near London.\n[22nd August 1843]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Short title “The London Hackney Carriages Act 1843” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)"
    },
    {
      "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      "text": "Act repealed as to public service vehicles by Road Traffic Act 1930 (c. 43), Sch. 5"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": "Act amended by Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 (c. 115, SIF 107:1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "“registrar” means Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Functions of Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages now exercisable by an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: London Hackney Carriages Act 1850 (c. 7, SIF 107:1), s. 2, 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)"
    }
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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."
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