Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869
1 Short title.
2 Limits of Act.
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4 Definition of stage carriage and hackney carriage.
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Licensing Hackney and Stage Carriages
6 Grant of hackney carriage licences.
7 Penalty on use of unlicensed carriages.
Licensing Drivers of Hackney and Stage Carriages
8 Hackney carriage to be driven by licensed drivers.
8ADrivers' licences for persons subject to immigration control
Regulations relating to Hackney and Stage Carriages
9 Regulations as to hackney and stage carriages.
10 Penalties for breach of regulations.
11 Grant of licences by other persons at direction of TfL.
12 Powers to carry Act into execution.
Legal Proceedings and Miscellaneous
13 Recovery of penalties.
14 Placard, &c., may be affixed to lamp post.
15 Existing Acts to continue in force.

Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869

1869 c. 115

An Act for amending the Law relating to Hackney and Stage Carriages within the Metropolitan Police District.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Act wholly in force at Royal Assent

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Functions of Secretary of State as to licensing of hackney carriages now exercisable by an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: S. R.&O. 1934/1346 (Rev. XIV, p. 795: 1934 I, p. 1221) and S. I. 1955/1853 (1955 I, p. 1143)

C3

Functions of Secretary of State as to licensing of tramcars, light railway cars and trolley vehicles now again exercisable by Secretary of State: London Passenger Transport Act 1933 (c. 14), s. 51, S. R.&O. 1941/654 (Rev. XV, p. 228: 1941 I, p. 1221), 1946/375 (Rev. XV, p. 229: 1946 I, p. 1009) and S. I. 1970/1681

C4

London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 cited or referred to by its short title under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), s. 3