The Private Hire Vehicles (London) (Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2003

Saving for private hire vehicles licensed in Plymouth

8.  In relation to private hire vehicles licensed under the Plymouth City Council Act 1975(1), the 1998 Act shall have effect as if—

(a) in section 5(1), at end of paragraph (c), there were inserted—

“or;

(d) the other operator is licensed under the 1975 Act.”;

(b) in section 6(6)—

(i) the word “and” at the end of paragraph (b) were omitted;

(ii) at the end of paragraph (c) there were inserted—

“and

(d) if the vehicle is in use for the purposes of a hiring the booking for which was accepted in the City of Plymouth, a licence issued under the 1975 Act,”;

(c) for “paragraph (b) or (c)” (in both places) there were substituted “paragraph (b), (c) or (d)”;

(d) in section 12(6)—

(i) in paragraph (b) the word “and” were omitted; and

(ii) after paragraph (c) there were inserted—

“and

(d) if the vehicle is in use for the purposes of a hiring the booking for which was accepted in the City of Plymouth, a licence under the 1975 Act.”; and

(e) in section 36, after the definition of “road” there were inserted the following definition—

““the 1975 Act” means the Plymouth City Council Act 1975;”.

(1)

1975 c. xx.