{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedicab-vehicles-london-regulations-2026/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedicab-vehicles-london-regulations-2026/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/136",
  "legislation_title": "The Pedicab Vehicles (London) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedicab-vehicles-london-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "London Pedicab vehicle licence applications",
  "text": "(1) Any person may apply to TfL for a pedicab vehicle licence.\n(2) An application for a London pedicab vehicle licence must be accompanied by the appropriate fee.\n(3) TfL may decline to proceed with an application for a London pedicab vehicle licence until the appropriate fee is paid.\n(4) A London pedicab vehicle licence is to be granted for 1 year or for such shorter period as TfL may consider appropriate in the circumstances of the particular case.\n(5) An application for the grant of a London pedicab vehicle licence must be made in such form, and include such declarations and information, as TfL may require.\n(6) The information which TfL may require an applicant provide includes the location where the pedicab vehicle is to be stored and, in a case where the pedicab vehicle is fitted with a battery, the location where the battery is to be stored and charged.\n(7) TfL may require an applicant to furnish such further information as TfL may consider necessary for dealing with an application for a London pedicab vehicle licence made under paragraph (1).\n(8) An applicant for a London pedicab vehicle licence must pay the appropriate fee in respect of the grant of the licence by TfL.\n(9) A person to whom a London pedicab vehicle licence is granted must notify TFL within 7 days of any change in the information which the person supplied to TfL with the application for the licence.\n(10) A London pedicab vehicle licence remains the property of TfL and the person to whom it has been issued must return the licence to TfL upon the expiry, revocation or surrender of the licence.\n(11) A person to whom a London pedicab vehicle licence is granted is prohibited from transferring the licence to another person.\n(12) TfL may share such information provided to it with an application under this regulation with such persons or bodies as TfL may consider necessary or appropriate.\n(13) The applicant for a London pedicab vehicle licence must present the pedicab vehicle for inspection and testing by TfL within such period and at such place as TfL may require by notice.\n(14) A person to whom a London pedicab vehicle licence has been granted must—\n(a) present the pedicab vehicle for periodic inspection throughout the duration of the licence as specified by TfL;\n(b) keep and retain records of such inspection and maintenance and provide the records to TfL when requested to do so;\n(c) keep the pedicab vehicle in compliance with all legislation which applies to the construction, use and operation of the relevant type of pedicab vehicle;\n(d) obtain TfL’s approval to any proposed adaptations or modifications to the pedicab vehicle;\n(e) notify TfL within 7 days of any change in the ownership of the pedicab vehicle;\n(f) report to TfL as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event, within 72 hours any accident to the pedicab vehicle or incident affecting the safety, performance or appearance of the pedicab vehicle or the comfort or convenience of persons carried in the pedicab vehicle;\n(g) not use the pedicab vehicle in the event that it is found to be unsafe or fails to conform to the requirements set out in the London Pedicab Specification and Pedicab Vehicle Policy; and\n(h) in the event that a pedicab vehicle is found to be unsafe or fails to meet the requirements specified in the London Pedicab Specifications and Pedicab Vehicle Policy present the pedicab vehicle for further inspection and testing by TfL within such period as TfL may require by notice.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 9.3.2026, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1122",
      "affecting_title": "The Pedicabs (London) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/136/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:37:00.597403+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."
}