C22 Commissioners of Police may cause carriages, &c., to be inspected, and if not in fit condition may suspend licences, and recall stamp office plate. C1
F41
It shall be lawful for F1Transport for London to cause an inspection to be made, as often as they deem it necessary, of all . . . F2 hackney carriages, and of the horse or horses used in drawing the same, within the limits of this Act; and if any such carriage, or the horse or horses used in drawing the same, shall at any time be in a condition unfit for public use, the said commissioners shall give notice in writing accordingly to the proprietor thereof,
F5which notice—
a
shall be personally served on the proprietor or delivered at his usual place of residence, and
b
may be personally served on the driver of the carriage;
and if, after notice has been served on the proprietor or driver as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), the carriage is used or let to hire as a hackney carriage, or the horse is, or the horses are, used or let, whilst in a condition unfit for public use,
F1 Transport for Londonshall have power to suspend, for such time as they may deem proper, the licence of the proprietor of such carriage . . . F3.
F62
A proprietor of a hackney carriage whose licence is suspended under subsection (1) shall not be guilty of an offence under section 7 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 (c. 115) in respect of the carriage unless he has been given written notice in accordance with subsection (1).