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Use of taxis and hire cars to provide local servicesSection 54Table of ContentsContentExplanatory NotesMore ResourcesPrevious: ProvisionNext: ProvisionPlain ViewPrint Options
Status:Point in time view latest with prospective.This version of this provision is prospective.StatusThe term provision is used to describe a definable element in a piece of legislation that has legislative effect – such as a Part, Chapter or section. A version of a provision is prospective either: where the provision (Part, Chapter or section) has never come into force or; where the text of the provision is subject to change, but no date has yet been appointed by the appropriate person or body for those changes to come into force.Commencement Orders listed in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ box as not yet applied may bring this prospective version into force. Note: Point in time prospective is the latest available view of the legislation that includes by default all the prospective changes that might come into force.Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Local Transport Act 2008. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationChanges and effects yet to be applied by the editorial team are only applicable when viewing the latest version or prospective version of legislation. They are therefore not accessible when viewing legislation as at a specific point in time. To view the ‘Changes to Legislation’ information for this provision return to the latest version view using the options provided in the ‘What Version’ box above.Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act transfer of functions by S.I. 2009/1885 art. 2(3)Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 89A inserted by 2009 c. 20 Sch. 6 para. 127s. 102A inserted by 2009 c. 20 Sch. 6 para. 130Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Local Transport Act 2008:Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Act into force:S.I. 2009/107 art. 2-5 Sch. 1-5 commences (2008 c. 26)S.I. 2009/579 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 26)S.I. 2009/3242 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 26)S.I. 2009/3294 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 26)Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2009/3318 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 20)S.I. 2012/411 art. 2(e) commences (2011 c. 20)54Application of certain provisions about taxis and hire cars to LondonE+W+SThis section has no associated Explanatory Notes(1)Section 13 of the TA 1985 (provisions supplementary to sections 10 to 12) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) (power to modify codes for purposes of sections 10 to 12)—
(a)for “The Secretary of State” substitute “ The appropriate authority ”;
(3)Subsection (3) (interpretation of terms used in sections 10 to 12) is amended as follows.
(4)Before the definition of “licensed taxi” insert the following definition—
(i)a taxi licensed under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 or any similar enactment which applies outside the London taxi area,
(ii)a licensed hire car licensed under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, or
(iii)a taxi or private hire car licensed under section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982,
(i)a taxi licensed under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, or
(ii)a licensed hire car licensed under section 7 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998,
Transport for London;”.
(5)For the definition of “licensed hire car” substitute—
““licensed hire car” means—
(i)for the purposes of section 11 of this Act, a vehicle licensed under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 or section 7 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998,
(ii)for the purposes of section 12 of this Act, a vehicle licensed under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;
(b)in Scotland, a private hire car licensed under section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;”.
(6)After the definition of “taxi licence” insert—
““relevant licence” means—
(a)in relation to a licensed taxi, a taxi licence, and
(b)in relation to a licensed hire car, a private hire vehicle licence;
“private hire vehicle licence” means—
(a)in England and Wales, a licence under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;
(b)in Scotland, a private hire car licence under section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.”.
(7)In the definition of “hire car code”, after “used as mentioned in section 11” insert “ or 12 ”.
(8)After section 13 of the TA 1985 insert—
“13AApplication of sections 10 to 13 to London(1)Transport for London may by order provide that section 12 of this Act is to apply to vehicles licensed under section 7 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 as it applies to vehicles licensed under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
(2)An order under subsection (1) of this section may amend the definitions of “licensed hire car” and “private hire vehicle licence” in section 13 of this Act accordingly.
(3)Transport for London must consult such representative organisations as it thinks fit before making—
(a)regulations under section 12(9) or (10) of this Act;
(b)an order under section 13(1) of this Act or subsection (1) of this section.
(4)Any power of Transport for London to make—
(a)regulations under section 12(9) or (10) of this Act, or
(b)an order under section 13(1) of this Act,
includes a power to vary or revoke any previous such regulations or order (as the case may be).
(5)Subsection (4) applies notwithstanding that the previous regulations were made, or the previous order was made, by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument.
(6)Transport for London must print and publish—
(a)any regulations made by it under section 12(9) or (10) of this Act;
(b)any order made by it under section 13(1) of this Act or subsection (1) of this section.
(7)Transport for London may charge a fee for the sale of copies of any regulations, or any order, printed under subsection (6).”.