Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998

15 Applications for licences

(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 Secretary of State may require.

(2) The Secretary of State may require an applicant to furnish such further information as he 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 Secretary of State—

(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 Secretary of State 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.