London Hackney Carriages Act 1843

II Meaning of certain Words used in this Act.

And be it enacted, That the Words herein-after mentioned, which in their usual Signification have a more confined or different Meaning, shall in this Act (except where the Nature of the Provisions or the Context of the Act shall exclude such Construction), be interpreted as follows ; (that is to say,) the Words " Hackney Carriage " shall include every Carriage (except a Stage Carriage) which shall stand on Hire or ply for a Passenger for Hire at any Place within the Limits of the City of London and the Liberties thereof, and Metropolitan Police District; and the Words " Metropolitan Stage Carriage " shall include every Stage Carriage except such as shall on every Journey go to or come from some Town or Place beyond the Limits aforesaid; and the Word " Proprietor " shall include every Person who, either alone or in partnership with any other Person, shall keep any Hackney Carriage or any Metropolitan Stage Carriage, or who shall be concerned otherwise than as a Driver or Attendant in employing for Hire any Hackney Carriage or any Metropolitan Stage Carriage ; and the Word " Conductor " shall include every Director or other Person, except the Driver, who shall attend upon the Passengers in any Metropolitan Stage Carriage; and the Word " Waterman " shall include every Person supplying Water to the Drivers of Hackney Carriages at the Standings or Places where Hackney Carriages usually stand or ply for Hire, and every Person assisting the Drivers at such Standings in managing or taking care of the Horses or Carriages, and every Attendant upon any Metropolitan Stage Carriage at Places where such Carriages usually stop or ply for Passengers; and the Word " Passenger " shall include every Person carried by any Hackney Carriage, or by any Metropolitan Stage Carriage, except One Driver, and, where there shall be a Conductor to such Metropolitan Stage Carriage, One Conductor; and the Word " Horse " shall include every Mare and Gelding ; and every Word importing the Singular Number only shall extend and be applied to several Persons and Things as well as to one Person or Thing; and every Word importing the Masculine Gender only shall extend to a Female as well as to a Male.