{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-hire-vehicles-london-act-1998/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-hire-vehicles-london-act-1998/section-7.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/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "London PHV licences.",
  "text": "(1) The owner of any vehicle constructed or adapted to seat fewer than nine passengers may apply to the licensing authority for a private hire vehicle licence for London (in this Act referred to as a “London PHV licence”) for that vehicle.\n(2) The licensing authority shall grant a London PHV licence for a vehicle if the authority is satisfied—\n(a) that the vehicle—\n(i) is suitable in type, size and design for use as a private hire vehicle;\n(ii) is safe, comfortable and in a suitable mechanical condition for that use; and\n(iii) is not of such design and appearance as would lead any person to believe that the vehicle is a London cab;\n(b) that there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle a policy of insurance or such security as complies with the requirements of Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988; and\n(c) that any further requirements that may be prescribed are met.\n(3) A London PHV licence may not be granted in respect of more than one vehicle.\n(4) A London PHV licence shall be granted subject to such conditions as may be prescribed and such other conditions as the licensing authority may think fit.\n(5) A London PHV licence shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as the licensing authority may think fit.\n(6) A London PHV licence shall be granted for one year or for such shorter period as the licensing authority may consider appropriate in the circumstances of the case.\n(7) An applicant for a London PHV licence may appeal to a magistrates’ court against a decision not to grant such a licence or against any condition (other than a prescribed condition) to which the licence is subject.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7 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. 7(2) substituted (22.1.2001) by 1999 c. 29, s. 254(3), Sch. 21 para. 4 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/3145, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1988 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 8.3.2004 for specified purposes and 8.4.2004 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2004/241, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/34/section/7",
    "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."
}