{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-hire-vehicles-london-act-1998/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-hire-vehicles-london-act-1998/section-23.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/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Register of licences.",
  "text": "(1) The licensing authority shall maintain a register containing the following particulars for each licence issued under this Act, namely—\n(a) the number of the licence, the name ... of the person to whom it is granted, the date on which it is granted and the expiry date; and\n(b) such other particulars as may be prescribed.\n(2) The register kept under subsection (1) shall be available for inspection free of charge by members of the public at such place or places, and during such hours, as are determined by the licensing authority.\n(3) The licensing authority shall maintain a supplementary register containing, for each licence issued under this Act, the address of the person to whom it is granted.\n(4) The licensing authority may disclose the address of a licence holder to any person only if it appears to the authority that the person has a sufficient reason for requiring that information.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 23 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      "text": "Words in s. 23(1)(a) repealed (22.7.2008) by Transport for London Act 2008 (c. i), ss. 1(1), 26(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(2) inserted (22.7.2008) by Transport for London Act 2008 (c. i), ss. 1(1), 26(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 23(3)(4) inserted (22.7.2008) by Transport for London Act 2008 (c. i), ss. 1(1), 26(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 23(2) applied (8.3.2004) by Private Hire Vehicles (London) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/242), regs. 1, 3(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/34/section/23",
    "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."
}