Statutory Instruments
LONDON GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT
Made
22nd June 2000
Laid before Parliament
22nd June 2000
Coming into force
3rd July 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 405(2) and 406 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1934 (Modification) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2000.
2. The London Cab Order 1934(2) shall have effect in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
3.—(1) In paragraph 2(1) the definition of “the Assistant Commissioner” shall be omitted.
(2) Any reference to the Assistant Commissioner, the Commissioner of Police or the Secretary of State shall be treated as a reference to Transport for London.
4. A document which is required to be in the form contained in Schedule—
(a)A (form of certificate to be given by public carriage examiner in relation to an application for a cab licence);
(b)B (description of plates etc to be affixed to cabs);
(c)C (form of cab licence); or
(d)D (form of cab-driver’s licence),
may be modified so far as may be necessary in consequence of any provision of Schedule 20 (hackney carriages) to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 or of this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
22nd June 2000
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order modifies the London Cab Order 1934 in consequence of the transfer to Transport for London of the functions of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in relation to the licensing of London cabs.
S.R. & O. 1934/1346; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1955/1583.