Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998

15 Applications for licences. E+W

(1) An application for the grant of a licence under this Act shall be made in such form, and include such declarations and information, as the [F1 licensing authority] may require.

(2) The [F1 licensing authority] may require an applicant to furnish such further information as [F2 the authority] may consider necessary for dealing with the application.

(3) The information which an applicant for a London PHV operator’s licence may be required to furnish includes in particular information about—

(a) any premises in London which he proposes to use as an operating centre;

(b) any convictions recorded against him;

(c) any business activities he has carried on before making the application;

(d) if the applicant is or has been a director or secretary of a company, that company;

(e) if the applicant is a company, information about the directors or secretary of that company;

(f) if the applicant proposes to act as an operator in partnership with any other person, information about that person.

(4) An applicant for a London PHV driver’s licence may be required by the [licensing authority]—

(a) to produce a certificate signed by a registered medical practitioner to the effect that—

(i) he is physically fit to be the driver of a private hire vehicle; and

(ii) if any specific requirements of physical fitness have been prescribed for persons holding London PHV licences, that he meets those requirements; and

(b) whether or not such a certificate has been produced, to submit to examination by a registered medical practitioner selected by the [F1 licensing authority] as to his physical fitness to be the driver of such a vehicle.

(5) The provisions of this Act apply to the renewal of a licence as they apply to the grant of a licence.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 15 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

F2 Word in s. 15(2) substituted (22.1.2001) by 1999 c. 29, s. 254(3), Sch. 21 para. 9 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/3145, art. 2

Commencement Information

I1 S. 15 partly in force; s. 15 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 40(2); s. 15(1)-(3)(5) in force at 22.1.2001 by S.I. 2000/3144, art. 2

I2 S. 15(4) in force at 1.4.2003 by S.I. 2003/580, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(c)