# Town Police Clauses Act 1847, Section 60: No person to act as driver of any carriages without the consent of the proprietor.


No person authorized by the proprietor of any hackney carriage to act as driver of such carriage shall suffer any other person to act as driver of such carriage without the consent of the proprietor thereof; and no person, whether licensed or not, shall act as driver of any such carriage without the consent of the proprietor; and any person so suffering another person to act as driver, and any person so acting as driver without such consent as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scalefor every such offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/89/section/60 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-police-clauses-act-1847/section-60
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