SCHEDULE 20 Hackney carriages
Part I Transfers of functions and amendments
The London Hackney Carriage Act 1853
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(1)
The M1London Hackney Carriage Act 1853 shall be amended as follows.
(2)
In section 2 (powers of inspection of carriages etc) for—
(a)
“the said Commissioners of Police”, and
(b)
“the said commissioners”, in both places where those words occur,
there shall be substituted “
Transport for London
”
.
(3)
In section 17 (penalties for offences) in paragraph 1 (excessive fares and refusal to carry authorised number of passengers or reasonable quantity of luggage) for “the said Commissioners of Police” there shall be substituted “
Transport for London
”
.
(4)
In section 20 (powers of Commissioners of Police etc) for the words from the beginning to “appoint; and” there shall be substituted “
In this Act
”
.