{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-public-carriage-act-1869/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-public-carriage-act-1869/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/32-33/115",
  "legislation_title": "Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-public-carriage-act-1869",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act for amending the Law relating to Hackney and Stage Carriages within the Metropolitan Police District.\n[11th August 1869]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act restricted by Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14, SIF 107:1), s. 64(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Functions of Secretary of State as to licensing of hackney carriages now exercisable by an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: 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": "C3",
      "text": "Functions of Secretary of State as to licensing of tramcars, light railway cars and trolley vehicles now again exercisable by Secretary of State: London Passenger Transport Act 1933 (c. 14), s. 51, S. R.&O. 1941/654 (Rev. XV, p. 228: 1941 I, p. 1221), 1946/375 (Rev. XV, p. 229: 1946 I, p. 1009) and S. I. 1970/1681"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 cited or referred to by its short title under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), s. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at Royal Assent"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/32-33/115/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:55:38.100333+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."
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