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Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
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59 Qualifications for drivers of hackney carriages.E+W
(1)Notwithstanding anything in the Act of 1847, a district council shall not grant a licence to drive a hackney carriage—
(a)unless they are satisfied [F1—
(i)]that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a driver’s licence; [F2and
(ii)that the applicant is not disqualified by reason of the applicant's immigration status from driving a hackney carriage; or]
[F3(b)to any person who has not for at least twelve months been authorised to drive a motor car, or is not at the date of the application for a driver’s licence so authorised.]
[F4(1ZA)In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) whether an applicant is disqualified by reason of the applicant's immigration status from driving a hackney carriage, a district council must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.]
[F5(1A)For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section a person is authorised to drive a motor car if—
(a)he holds a licence granted under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (not being a provisional licence) authorising him to drive a motor car, or
(b)he is authorised by virtue of section 99A(1) [F6or section 109(1)]of that Act to drive in Great Britain a motor car.]
F7(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)Any applicant aggrieved by the refusal of a district council to grant a driver’s licence on the ground that he is not a fit and proper person to hold such licence may appeal to a magistrate’s court.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 59(1)(a) renumbered as s. 59(1)(a)(i) (1.12.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 5 para. 23(2)(a) (with Sch. 5 para. 54); S.I. 2016/1037, reg. 5(i) (with reg. 6)
F2S. 59(1)(a)(ii) substituted (1.12.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 5 para. 23(2)(b) (with Sch. 5 para. 54); S.I. 2016/1037, reg. 5(i) (with reg. 6)
F3S. 59(1)(b) substituted (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/1974, reg. 5, Sch. 4 para. 2(4)
F4S. 59(1ZA) inserted (1.12.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 5 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 5 para. 54); S.I. 2016/1037, reg. 5(i) (with reg. 6)
F5By S.I. 1996/1974, reg. 5 Sch. 4 para. 2(5) it is provided that in s. 59 subsection (1A) shall be inserted after subsection (1)
F6Words in s. 59(1A)(b) inserted (5.9.1988) by S.I. 1998/1946, art. 3
F7S. 59(1A) repealed (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1)(2), Sch. 9 para. 34, Sch. 10
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 59: functions of local authority not to be responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 Table B4
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