LONDON GOVERNMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles) (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 13th March 2000. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1847 Act ” means the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 ; “the 1869 Act ” means the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 ; “the 1976 Act ” means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 ; “the 1999 Act ” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999; “the appointed day” means 1st April 2000 being the day on which section 323 of the 1999 Act comes into force ; “excluded district” means a wholly excluded district or a partially excluded district; “partially excluded district” means a district part of which ceases to be within the metropolitan police district on the appointed day; “excluded part” in relation to a partially excluded district means the part of the district which ceases to be within the metropolitan police district on the appointed day; “wholly excluded district” means a district the whole of which ceases to be within the metropolitan police district on the appointed day. Hackney carriage byelaws having effect in a partially excluded district 3 Any byelaws made or having effect as if made by the council of a partially excluded district under section 68 of the 1847 Act and in force in part of the district shall, from the appointed day, have effect as if made in relation to the whole of that district. Anticipatory powers of excluded district councils 4 1 The powers conferred by this article shall be exercisable by the council of an excluded district for the purpose of securing that— a hackney carriages and their drivers; and b private hire vehicles, their drivers and operators, may be licensed and able to operate lawfully in relation to the whole of that district from the appointed day. 2 The council of a wholly excluded district may at any time before the appointed day— a license hackney carriages under section 37 of the 1847 Act to ply for hire in its district; b license persons under section 46 of the 1847 Act to drive hackney carriages licensed to ply for hire in its district. 3 Section 48 of the 1976 Act shall apply in relation to applications for vehicle licences made at any time before the appointed day to the council of a wholly excluded district or the council of a partially excluded district to which Part II of the 1976 Act did not apply before the coming into force of this order. 4 Section 55 of the 1976 Act shall apply in relation to applications made at any time before the appointed day to the council of an excluded district for licences to operate private hire vehicles in any part of its district to which the 1976 Act will not apply until the appointed day. 5 Section 51 of the 1976 Act shall apply in relation to applications for licences to drive private hire vehicles made at any time before the appointed day to the council of a wholly excluded district or the council of a partially excluded district to which Part II of the 1976 Act did not apply on the coming into force of this Order. 6 A licence granted pursuant to paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5) shall not come into force before the appointed day. 7 Subject to the foregoing provisions of this article, the council of an excluded district, may at any time before the appointed day— a issue any disc, plate or badge in relation to any licence issued pursuant to this article on such terms as to its use and display before that day as it may think fit; b do anything appearing to it to be appropriate or expedient for the purpose of establishing and operating a licensing system; or c do anything else which it considers appropriate to fulfil the purpose specified in paragraph (1). 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. Hackney carriage standings in partially excluded districts 6 1 Any standings for hackney carriages appointed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis under section 4 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1850 (“the 1850 Act ”) in any highway in the excluded part of a partially excluded district shall from the appointed day be deemed to have been appointed by the council of that district under section 63 of the 1976 Act . 2 So far as any provisions of regulations made under section 4 of the 1850 Act by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis relating to any such standings fix— a the boundaries of the standings; b the number of carriages that may wait there; or c the times of day at which they may wait, those provisions of the regulations shall have effect as if they had been determined by the council of the district in appointing the standings under section 63 of the 1976 Act, but the regulations shall otherwise cease to have effect in relation to the standings. 3 In this article “standings” include stands. Consequential modification of the 1976 Act 7 1 The 1976 Act shall be amended as follows. 2 In section 74— a for “a day fixed by resolution under section 45 of this Act” there shall be substituted “the relevant day”; and b at the end there shall be inserted the following paragraph— In this section “the relevant day” means— in relation to a district the whole or part of which ceased to be within the metropolitan police district by virtue of the coming into force of section 323 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (alteration of the metropolitan police district), 1st April 2000; in any other case, a day fixed by resolution under section 45 of this Act. 3 In section 80(1) of the 1976 Act for the definition of “controlled district” there shall be substituted— “controlled district” means any area for which this Part of this Act is in force by virtue of— a resolution passed by a district council under section 45 of this Act; or section 255(4) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999; . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Keith Hill Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 21st February 2000