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London Hackney Carriage Act 1853
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17†Drivers and conductors of metropolitan stage carriages and drivers of hackney carriages, liable to penalties for offences herein named.U.K.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 the driver of any hackney carriage, who shall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 commit any of the following offences within the limits of this Act, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F2level 3 on the standard scale], for each offence, . . . F3.
(1)Every driver of a hackney carriage who shall demand or take more than the proper fare . . . F4, or who shall refuse to admit and carry in his carriage the number of persons painted or marked on such carriage or specified in the certificate granted by [F5 Transport for London] in respect of such carriage, or who shall refuse to carry by his carriage a reasonable quantity of luggage for any person hiring or intending to hire such carriage:
(2)Every driver of a hackney carriage who shall refuse to drive such carriage to any place within the limits of this Act, not exceeding six miles, to which he shall be required to drive any person hiring or intending to hire such carriage, or who shall refuse to drive any such carriage for any time not exceeding one hour, if so required by any person hiring or intending to hire such carriage, or who shall not drive the same at a reasonable and proper speed, not less than six miles an hour, except in cases of unavoidable delay, or when required by the hirer thereof to drive at any slower pace:
(3)Every driver of a hackney carriage who shall ply for hire with any carriage or horse which shall be at the time unfit for public use . . . F6.
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F1Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. XVII
F2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80, SIF 39:1), Sch. 3 Pt. I and Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 39, 46, Sch. 3
F3Words repealed by Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884 (c. 43), Sch. and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. XVII
F4Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. VI
F5Words in s. 17(1) substituted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 3(1)(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. III
F6Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
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C1Unreliable marginal note.
C2S. 17(1) modified by S.I.1986/1387 art. 4(2)
C3S. 17(2) restricted by S. R. & O. 1934/1346 (Rev. XIV, p. 795: 1934 I, p. 1236), art. 31
C4Power to amend s. 17(2) given by London Cab Act 1968 (c. 7), s. 2(1); amended by S. I. 1972/1047
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