London Hackney Carriages Act 1843

VIII Registrar to grant Licences. At the time of granting any Licence an Abstract of the Laws and a Ticket to be given.

And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Registrar to grant a Licence to act as Driver of Hackney Carriages, or as Driver or as Conductor of Metropolitan Stage Carriages, or as Waterman, (as the Case may be,) to any Person who shall produce such a Certificate as shall satisfy the said Registrar of his good Behaviour and Fitness for such Situation respectively: Provided always, that no Person shall be licensed as such Driver as aforesaid who is under Sixteen Years of Age ; and in every such Licence shall be specified the Number of such Licence, and the proper Name and Surname, and Place of Abode, and Age, and a Description of the Person to whom such Licence shall be granted, and, in the Case of a Waterman, of the Standing or Place at which he shall be thereby authorized to act as a Waterman, and the Nature of his Duties; and every such Licence shall bear Date on the Day on which the same shall be granted, and shall continue in force until and upon the First Day of June next after the Date thereof, or if granted in the Month of May in any Year, then to continue in force until and upon the First Day of June in the Year next following that in which the same shall be granted, except in either Case the same shall be sooner revoked, and except the Time (if any) during which any such Licence shall be suspended ; and on every Licence of a Driver or Conductor the Registrar shall cause proper Columns to be prepared, in which every Proprietor employing the Driver or Conductor named in such Licence shall enter his own Name and Address, and the Days on which such Driver or Conductor shall enter and shall quit his Service respectively ; and in case any of the Particulars entered or endorsed upon any Licence in pursuance of this Act shall be erased or defaced every such Licence shall be wholly void and of none effect; and the said Registrar shall, at the Time of granting any Licence, deliver to the Driver, Conductor, or Waterman to whom the same shall be granted, an Abstract of the Laws in force relating to such Driver, Conductor, or Waterman, and of the Penalties to which he is liable for any Misconduct, and also a Metal Ticket, upon which there shall be marked or engraved his Office or Employment, and a Number corresponding with the Number which shall be inserted in such Licence.