[F1Transport for London may from time to time by London cab order] make regulations for all or any of the following purposes; that is to say,
(1)For regulating [F2the number of persons to be carried in any hackney . . . F3 carriage, and in what manner such number is to be shown on such carriage, and] how such hackney carriages are to be furnished or fitted:
(2)For fixing the stands of hackney carriages, . . . F4, and the persons to attend at such stands:
(3)For fixing the rates or fares, as well for time as distance, to be paid for hackney carriages, and for securing the due publication of such fares: . . . F5
(4)For forming, in the case of hackney carriages, a table of distances, as evidence for the purpose of any fare to be charged by distance, by the preparation of a book, map, or plan, or any combination of a book, map, or plan:
(5)For securing the safe custody and re-delivery of any property accidentally left in hackney . . . F3 carriages and fixing the charges to be paid in respect thereof, with power to cause such property to be sold or to be given to the finder in the event of its not being claimed within a certain time:
Subject to the following restrictions:—
(1)In fixing the stands for hackney carriages within the city of London . . . F6 the consent of the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen shall be required to any stand appointed by [F7Transport for London]:
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
[F10(4)Any power of Transport for London to fix by regulations made by London cab order under this section any rates or fares to be paid for hackney carriages is exercisable subject to and in accordance with any directions given to Transport for London by the Mayor of London as to the basis on which those rates or fares are to be calculated.]
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Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 9: power exercised by S.I. 1991/1301. For previous execise of power see the Index to Government Orders
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 9 substituted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 5(6)(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3
F2Words repealed so far as they relate to tramcars or trolley vehicles by Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 (c. 64), s. 14(1), Sch. 2 Pt. IV
F3Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. XVII
F4Words repealed by London Cab Act 1968 (c. 7), s. 5(2)
F5Proviso repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. VI
F6Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), Sch. 1 Pt. X
F7S. 9: words in para. (1) of the restriction substituted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 5(6)(b) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3
F8S. 9 restriction (2) repealed by London Cab Act 1968 (c. 7), s. 5(2)
F9S. 9 restriction (3) repealed by Road Transport Lighting Act 1927 (c. 37), Sch.
F10S. 9: restriction para. (4) added (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 5(6)(c) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3
F11Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1966 (c. 5)