{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-hire-vehicles-london-act-1998/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-hire-vehicles-london-act-1998/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/34",
  "legislation_title": "Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-hire-vehicles-london-act-1998",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Variation of operator’s licence at the request of the operator.",
  "text": "(1) The licensing authority may, on the application of a London PHV operator, vary his licence by adding a reference to a new operating centre or removing an existing reference to an operating centre.\n(2) An application for the variation of a licence under this section shall be made in such form, and include such declarations and information, as the licensing authority may require.\n(3) The licensing authority may require an applicant to furnish such further information as he may consider necessary for dealing with the application.\n(4) The licensing authority shall not add a reference to a new operating centre unless the authority is satisfied that the premises in question meet any requirements prescribed under section 3(3)(b).\n(5) An applicant for the variation of a London PHV operator’s licence under this section may appeal to a magistrates’ court against a decision not to add a new operating centre to the licence.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 18 substituted (22.1.2001) by 1999 c. 29, s. 254(3), Sch. 21 para. 2 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/3145, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 18(4) substituted (22.1.2001) by 1999 c. 29, s. 254(3), Sch. 21 para. 11 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/3145, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/34/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:33.086643+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."
}