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London Hackney Carriages Act 1843
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25 Licences may be revoked or suspended.U.K.
It shall be lawful for any justice of the peace before whom any driver, F1. . ., or waterman shall be convicted of any offence, whether under this Act or any other Act, if such justice in his discretion shall think fit, to revoke the licence of such driver, F1. . . or waterman, and also any other licence which he shall hold under the provisions of this Act, or to suspend the same for such time as the justice shall think proper, and for that purpose to require the proprietor, driver, F1. . ., or waterman in whose possession such licence and the [F2badge] thereunto belonging shall then be to deliver up the same; and every proprietor, driver, F1. . ., or waterman who, being so required, shall refuse or neglect to deliver up such licence and any such [F2badge], or either of them, shall forfeit, so often as he shall be so required and refuse or neglect as aforesaid, the sum of [F3level 1 on the standard scale]; and the justice shall forthwith send such licence and [F2badge] to [F4Transport for London], who shall cancel such licence if it has been revoked by the justice, or, if it has been suspended, shall, at the end of the time for which it shall have been suspended, re-deliver such licence, with the [F2badge], to the person to whom it was granted.
[F5A magistrates’ court that makes an order revoking or suspending any licence under this section may, if the court thinks fit, suspend the effect of the order pending an appeal against the order.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Statute Law Repeals Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt XVII
F2Word in s. 25 substituted (22.7.2008) by Transport for London Act 2008 (c. i), ss. 1(1), 11(2)
F3Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45, SIF 39:1), s. 31(5)–(9) and Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48,SIF 39:1), s. 46
F4Words in s. 25 substituted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 1(2)(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch.
F5Words added by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(2), Sch. 7 para. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 25 repealed so far as it relates to a waterman by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1874 (c. 96)
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