C1C2C3C4Part II Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3

Pt. II(ss. 45–80) applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/567, regs. 3, 4

C4

Pt. II (ss. 45-80) extended (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 255(1)(4); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(a), Sch. Pt. 1

Pt. II (ss. 45-80) excluded (1.7.2001) by 1981 c. 14, s. 79A(1)(a) (as inserted (1.7.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 265(2); S.I. 2001/1498, art. 3)

59 Qualifications for drivers of hackney carriages.

1

Notwithstanding anything in the Act of 1847, a district council shall not grant a licence to drive a hackney carriage—

a

unless they are satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a driver’s licence; or

F1b

to any person who has not for at least twelve months been authorised to drive a motor car, or is not at the date of the application for a driver’s licence so authorised.

F21A

For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section a person is authorised to drive a motor car if—

a

he holds a licence granted under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (not being a provisional licence) authorising him to drive a motor car, or

b

he is authorised by virtue of section 99A(1) of that Act to drive in Great Britain a motor car.

1A

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2

Any applicant aggrieved by the refusal of a district council to grant a driver’s licence on the ground that he is not a fit and proper person to hold such licence may appeal to a magistrate’s court.