London Hackney Carriage Act 1831
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27 Penalties, if not paid by drivers, to be levied on proprietors;
28 who shall be entitled to recover from the drivers.
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35†Hackney carriages standing in any street shall be deemed to be plying for hire; and the driver thereof refusing to go with any person liable to a penalty of 40s.
36 Compensation to be made to drivers improperly summoned for refusing to carry any person.
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41 Persons refusing to pay the driver his fare, or for any damage, may be committed to prison.
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47 Deposit to be made for carriages waiting.
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50†Penalty for permitting persons to ride without consent of the hirer, 20s.
51†Improperly standing with carriage, or feeding horses in the street; refusing to give way to or obstructing any other driver or depriving him of his fare; penalty 20s.
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56†Proprietors, drivers, or watermen misbehaving, penalty, 5l. Licence may be revoked.
57 Justices empowered to award compensation to drivers or watermen for their loss of time in attending to answer complaints which shall not be substantiated against them.
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SCHEDULES (A)—(C)
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SCHEDULE (D)
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London Hackney Carriage Act 1831

1831 c. 22

An Act to amend the laws relating to Hackney Carriages, and to waggons, carts, and drays, used in the metropolis; . . .F1

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Act wholly in force at 5.1.1832 see s. 77 (now repealed).

Amendments (Textual)
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Words omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Short title “The London Hackney Carriage Act 1831” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

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Functions of Commissioners of Stamps as to licensing of hackney carriages now exercisable by an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 (c. 86, SIF 107:1), s. 8, London Hackney Carriages Act 1850 (c. 7, SIF 107:1), s. 2, Metropolitan Police Act 1856 (c. 2, SIF 95), ss. 1, 5, 7, Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 (c. 115, SIF 107:1), ss. 6, 8, 11, S. R.&O. 1934/1346 (Rev. XIV, p. 795: 1934 I, p. 1221) and S.I. 1955/1853 (1955 I, p. 1143)