The London Cab Order 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

1.  This Order is supplemental to the London Cab Order 1934.

2.  Under the 1934 Order, where a person applies for a cab licence under the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, he is required to submit the cab for examination by a Public Carriage Examiner.

3.  This Order applies to applications for a cab licence in respect of a motor cab registered on or after 1st August 1979 and propelled by a diesel engine. It requires a certificate to be handed to the Public Carriage Examiner when the cab is presented to him for examination. The certificate has to indicate that the vehicle has passed the exhaust emissions test for diesel engined vehicles specified in the publication entitled “The MOT Inspection Manual Car and Light Commercial Vehicle Testing”.

4.  The Order prescribes the form of the certificate, the time within which it must be signed and the persons who can sign it.

5.  The Order gives a Public Carriage Examiner power to require a further certificate to be produced in certain circumstances.