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Status:This version of this cross heading contains provisions that are 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.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 LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.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)Use of taxis and hire cars to provide local servicesE+W+SProspective53Use of private hire vehicles to provide local servicesE+W+S(1)Section 12 of the TA 1985 (use of taxis in providing local services) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) (application by holder of taxi licence for special licence to provide local service by means of licensed taxis)—
(a)after “a taxi licence” insert “ or a private hire vehicle licence ”;
(b)in paragraph (b) after “licensed taxis” insert “ or licensed hire cars ”.
(b)for “the taxi licence of the vehicle in question” substitute “ the relevant licence for that vehicle ”.
(4)In subsection (7) for “taxi licences” substitute “ relevant licences ”.
(5)In subsection (8) after “a licensed taxi” insert “ or a licensed hire car ”.
(6)In subsection (9) after “a licensed taxi” insert “ or a licensed hire car ”.
(7)In subsection (10) for the words from “Such provisions” to “being so used;” substitute “ At any time when a licensed taxi or a licensed hire car is being so used the prescribed provisions of the taxi code or, as the case may be, the hire car code shall apply in relation to it; ”.
“(10A)In subsections (9) and (10) “prescribed” means prescribed by the appropriate authority.”.
(9)In consequence of the amendments made by this section, in the heading to section 12 after “taxis” there is inserted “ or hire cars ”.
Prospective54Application of certain provisions about taxis and hire cars to LondonE+W+S(1)Section 13 of the TA 1985 (provisions supplementary to sections 10 to 12) is amended as follows.
55Carrying of passengers in wheelchairs in vehicles providing local servicesE+W+S(1)Section 36 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) (carrying of passengers in wheelchairs) is amended as follows.
56Carrying of passengers in wheelchairs: supplementary provisionsE+W+S(1)The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) is amended as follows.
“36AList of wheelchair-accessible vehicles providing local services(1)A licensing authority may maintain a list of vehicles falling within subsection (2).
(d)a private hire car licensed under section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;
“taxi” includes a taxi licensed under section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.”.
(3)Section 38 (appeal against refusal of exemption certificate) is amended as follows.
(4)In subsection (1) after “a magistrates' court” insert “ or, in Scotland, the sheriff court ”.
(5)In subsection (2) for “this section” substitute “ subsection (1) ”.
(6)At the end of the section insert—
“(4)Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of a licensing authority to include a vehicle on a list maintained under section 36A may appeal to a magistrates' court or, in Scotland, the sheriff court before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of the inclusion.
(5)In this section “licensing authority” has the meaning given by section 36A.”.
(7)In consequence of the amendments made by subsections (4) to (6), the heading to section 38 becomes “ Appeals ”.
(8)In section 68(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “licensing authority”, for “section 37A” substitute “ sections 36, 36A, 37A and 38 ”.
(9)In section 70 (commencement etc) after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)The following provisions of this Act—
(a)section 36 so far as it applies to designated vehicles,
(b)section 36A, and
(c)section 38 (which has already been brought in force in England and Wales by an order under subsection (3)) so far as it extends to Scotland,
come into force 2 months after the passing of the Local Transport Act 2008.”.