Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Act 2022

8 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• “driver’s licence” means a licence granted by a licensing authority under—

  (a)

  section 46 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847;

  (b)

  section 8 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869;

  (c)

  section 9 of the Plymouth City Council Act 1975 (c. xx);

  (d)

  section 51 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

  (e)

  section 13 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998;

• “licensing authority”, except in the definition of “relevant authority”, means a public authority in England which has licensing functions under—

  (a)

  sections 37 to 68 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847;

  (b)

  the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869;

  (c)

  the Plymouth City Council Act 1975;

  (d)

  Part 2 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

  (e)

  section 13 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998;

• “licensing information database” has the meaning given by section 4;

• “relevant authority” means—

  (a)

  a district council in Wales;

  (b)

  a licensing authority within the meaning of section 2 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;

• “relevant information” in relation to a person, has the meaning given by section 1;

• “working day” means any day other than—

  (a)

  Saturday or Sunday;

  (b)

  Christmas Day or Good Friday;

  (c)

  a day which is a bank holiday in England under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

(2) References in this Act to the area of a licensing authority are—

(a) in the case of Transport for London, to Greater London;

(b) in any other case, to the area for which the authority acts.

(3) References in this Act to the area of a relevant authority are to the area for which the authority acts.