Hackney carriage or hackney carriage driver licences in force in the metropolitan police district before the appointed day
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 415 of the 1999 Act a licence in force immediately before the appointed day and granted—
(a)under section 6 of the 1869 Act (hackney carriage licences); or
(b)under section 8 of that Act (hackney carriage driver licences),
shall, on the appointed day, cease to have effect in relation to any excluded district.