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The said Secretary of State may from time to time by order make regulations for all or any of the following purposes; that is to say,
(1)For regulating [F1the number of persons to be carried in any hackney . . . F2 carriage, and in what manner such number is to be shown on such carriage, and] how such hackney carriages are to be furnished or fitted:
(2)For fixing the stands of hackney carriages, . . . F3, and the persons to attend at such stands:
(3)For fixing the rates or fares, as well for time as distance, to be paid for hackney carriages, and for securing the due publication of such fares: . . . F4
(4)For forming, in the case of hackney carriages, a table of distances, as evidence for the purpose of any fare to be charged by distance, by the preparation of a book, map, or plan, or any combination of a book, map, or plan:
(5)For securing the safe custody and re-delivery of any property accidentally left in hackney . . . F2 carriages and fixing the charges to be paid in respect thereof, with power to cause such property to be sold or to be given to the finder in the event of its not being claimed within a certain time:
Subject to the following restrictions:—
(1)In fixing the stands for hackney carriages within the city of London . . . F5 the consent of the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen shall be required to any stand appointed by the Secretary of State:
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 . . . F8
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 9: power exercised by S.I. 1991/1301. For previous execise of power see the Index to Government Orders
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed so far as they relate to tramcars or trolley vehicles by Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 (c. 64), s. 14(1), Sch. 2 Pt. IV
F2Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. XVII
F3Words repealed by London Cab Act 1968 (c. 7), s. 5(2)
F4Proviso repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. VI
F5Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), Sch. 1 Pt. X
F6S. 9 restriction (2) repealed by London Cab Act 1968 (c. 7), s. 5(2)
F7S. 9 restriction (3) repealed by Road Transport Lighting Act 1927 (c. 37), Sch.
F8Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1966 (c. 5)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 9(3) amended by London Cab Act 1968 (c. 7), s. 1(1)
Where the Secretary of State is authorised to make any order under this Act, he may annex a penalty not exceeding [F9level 1 on the standard scale] for the breach of such order or of any part or parts thereof, or of any regulation or regulations thereby made; and any penalties under this section shall be deemed to be penalties under this Act, and may be enforced accordingly.
Textual Amendments
F9Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80, SIF 39:1), Sch. 3 Pt. II and Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48. SIF 39:1), ss. 40, 46
Any licence grantable by a Secretary of State under this Act may, if the said Secretary of State so direct, be granted by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, or by such other person as the said Secretary of State appoints for the purpose.
The said Secretary of State may appoint such officers and constables of the metropolitan police force, and for the city of London of the city police, as he thinks fit to perform any duties required to be performed for the purposes of carrying this Act into execution, and may award such sums by way of compensation for their services out of the monies raised under this Act as he may think just.
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