# London Hackney Carriages Act 1843, Section 18: Licences and tickets to be delivered up on the discontinuance of licences.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Upon the expiration of any licence granted under this Act the person to whom such licence shall have been granted shall deliver such licence and the badge relating thereto to Transport for London; and every such person who, after the expiration of such licence, shall wilfully neglect for three days to deliver the same to Transport for London, and also every person who shall use or wear or detain any badge without having a licence in force relating to such badge, or who shall for the purpose of deception use or wear or have any badge resembling or intended to resemble any badge granted under the authority of this Act, shall for every such offence forfeit the sum level 1 on the standard scale; and it shall be lawful for Transport for London, or for any person employed by Transport for London for that purpose, to prosecute any person so neglecting to deliver up his licence or badge, at any period within twelve calendar months after the expiration of the licence; and it shall be lawful for any constable . . . or any person employed for that purpose by Transport for London, to seize and take away any such badge, wheresoever the same may be found, in order to deliver the same to Transport for London.
(2) Subsection (1) does not require the delivery of a licence and badge on the expiry of the licence if the licence was granted in accordance with section 8A(2) or (4) of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 (but see section 8A(6) of that Act).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/6-7/86/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-hackney-carriages-act-1843/section-18
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