Section 40 Short title, commencement and extent.

This Act may be cited as the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998.

This Act (apart from this section) shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; but different dates may be appointed for different purposes.

An order under this subsection may contain any provision which could be made under section 37 in connection with any provision brought into force by the order.

Any provision of this Act which amends or repeals any other Act has the same extent as the provision being amended or repealed.

Subject to subsection (3), this Act extends only to England and Wales.