Section 37 Hackney carriages to be licensed.C3C1C2
The commissioners may from time to time licence to ply for hire within the prescribed distance, or if no distance is prescribed, within five miles from the General Post Office of the city, town, or place to which the special Act refers, (which in that case shall be deemed the prescribed distance,) F1such number ofhackney coaches or carriages of any kind or description adapted to the carriage of persons as they think fit.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words repealed (E.W.) (prosp.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 16, Sch. 8
Modifications
- C1
Ss. 37–66, 68 repealed as to public service vehicles by Road Traffic Act 1930 (c. 43, SIF 108), Sch. 5
- C2
Ss. 37–65 applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/567, regs 3, 4
- C3
S. 37 extended by Town Police Clauses Act 1889 (c. 14, SIF 107:1), s. 4(1)(2) and modified (E.W.) by Transport Act 1981 (c. 56, SIF 107:1), s. 35(3)
Notes on Hackney carriages
Modifications
- C1
Functions of commissioners as to licensing of hackney carriages in City of London and Metropolitan Police District now exercisable by an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 (c. 115, SIF 107:1), ss. 6, 8, 11, S.R. & O. 1934/1346 (Rev. XIV, p. 795: 1934 I, p. 1221) and S.I. 1955/1853 (1955 I, p.1143)