Part IIE+W Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3Pt. II(ss. 45–80) applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/567, regs. 3, 4

C4Pt. II (ss. 45-80) extended (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 255(1)(4); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(a), Sch. Pt. 1

Pt. II (ss. 45-80) excluded (1.7.2001) by 1981 c. 14, s. 79A(1)(a) (as inserted (1.7.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 265(2); S.I. 2001/1498, art. 3)

51 Licensing of drivers of private hire vehicles.E+W

(1)Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, a district council shall, on the receipt of an application from any person for the grant to that person of a licence to drive private hire vehicles, grant to that person a driver’s licence:

Provided that a district council shall not grant a licence—

(a)unless they are satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a driver’s licence; or

(b)to any person who has not for at least twelve months been, and is not at the date of the application for a driver’s licence, the holder of a licence granted under [F1Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1972 or Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988](not being a provisional licence) authorising him to drive a motor car.

(2)A district council may attach to the grant of a licence under this section such conditions as they may consider reasonably necessary.

(3)It shall be the duty of a council by which licences are granted in pursuance of this section to enter, in a register maintained by the council for the purpose, the following particulars of each such licence, namely—

(a)the name of the person to whom it is granted;

(b)the date on which and the period for which it is granted; and

(c)if the licence has a serial number, that number,

and to keep the register available at its principal offices for inspection by members of the public during office hours free of charge.

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