Greater London Authority Act 1999

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3(1)The [1853 c. 33.] London Hackney Carriage Act 1853 shall be amended as follows.

(2)In section 2 (powers of inspection of carriages etc) for—

(a)“the said Commissioners of Police”, and

(b)“the said commissioners”, in both places where those words occur,

there shall be substituted “Transport for London”.

(3)In section 17 (penalties for offences) in paragraph 1 (excessive fares and refusal to carry authorised number of passengers or reasonable quantity of luggage) for “the said Commissioners of Police” there shall be substituted “Transport for London”.

(4)In section 20 (powers of Commissioners of Police etc) for the words from the beginning to “appoint; and” there shall be substituted “In this Act”.