LONDON CAB ORDER, 1934, Dated December 11, 1934, Made by the Secretary of State IN PURSUANCE OF THE METROPOLITAN PUBLIC CARRIAGE ACT, 1869 (32 & 33 VICT. C. 115), AND THE LONDON CAB AND STAGE CARRIAGE ACT, 1907 (7 EDW. 7. C. 55).
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1934/1346 |
1934 No. 1346
METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT
4. Cabs
THE LONDON CAB ORDER, 1934, DATED DECEMBER 11, 1934, MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN PURSUANCE OF THE METROPOLITAN PUBLIC CARRIAGE ACT, 1869 (32 & 33 VICT. C. 115), AND THE LONDON CAB AND STAGE CARRIAGE ACT, 1907 (7 EDW. 7. C. 55).ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER
PART I.—SHORT TITLE AND INTERPRETATION
Paragraph
1.—Short title.
2.—Definitions and interpretation.
PART II.—LICENSING AUTHORITY
3.—Commissioner of Police to grant licences.
4.—Power of Commissioner of Police to vary directions, etc.
PART III.—CAB LICENCES
5.—Applications for cab licences.
6.—Disqualification of persons under 21.
7.—Grounds for refusal of cab licences.
8.—Cab-owner's liability to third parties.
9.—Approval or refusal of applications.
10.—Presentation of motor cabs for licensing.
11.—Fees for horse cab licences and presentation of cabs for licensing.
12.—Certificate of Public Carriage Examiner, and affixing of plates, etc.
13.—Refusal of certificate by Public Carriage Examiner.
14.—Form of cab licence and conditions to be complied with.
15.—Obtaining licence by false statements or by withholding information.
16.—Plying for hire without plates, etc., or with plates, etc., defaced.
17.—Defaced or altered cab licences to be void.
18.—Possession of defaced, etc., cab licence or plates, etc.
19.—Revocation or suspension of cab licences.
20.—Transfer of cab licences on death, etc.
21.—Cab licences to be surrendered on expiry and plates removed.
22.—Responsibility of firm or company.
PART IV.—CAB-DRIVERS' LICENCES
23.—Requisitions for cab-drivers' licences.
24.—Disqualification of persons under 21.
25.—Grounds for refusal of cab-drivers' licences.
26.—Fees for cab-drivers' licences and for driving tests.
27.—Form of cab-driver's licence and issue of copy of licence.
28.—Production of copy of licence.
29.—Responsibility of cab-owners for safe custody and return of cab-drivers' licences.
30.—Revocation or suspension of cab-drivers' licences.
31.—Breach of terms or conditions of cab-driver's licence.
32.—Change of cab-driver's address to be notified.
PART V.—REGULATIONS AS TO NUMBER OF PERSONS TO BE CARRIED IN CABS, AS TO CAB FITTINGS, AND AS TO THE DISTANCES TO WHICH CABS MAY BE COMPELLED TO TAKE PASSENGERS.
33.—Carriage of persons and luggage.
34.—Distance for which cab-drivers may be compelled to drive.
PART VI.—REGULATIONS AS TO TAXIMETERS AND FARES FOR MOTOR CABS
35.—Approved taximeter to be fitted and sealed.
36.—Removal of or tampering with taximeters.
37.—Plying for hire without taximeters or with taximeters not sealed, etc.
38.—Lighting of taximeters and "Taxi" signs.
39.—Setting taximeters in motion.
40.—Scale of fares for motor cabs.
41.—Extra charges for additional passengers and for luggage and animals in motor cabs.
42.—Motor cabs hired for luggage and animals unaccompanied by passengers.
PART VII.—REGULATIONS AS TO FARES FOR HORSE CABS
43.—"Four-mile circle."
44.—Hiring to be by distance unless stipulated by time.
45.—Hiring charge may be made.
46.—Scale of fares for horse cabs hired by distance.
47.—Extra charge for waiting by horse cabs hired by distance.
48.—Scale of fares for horse cabs hired by time.
49.—Extra charges for additional passengers and for luggage in horse cabs.
50.—Horse cabs hired for luggage unaccompanied by passengers.
PART VIII.—REGULATIONS AS TO PROPERTY ACCIDENTALLY LEFT IN CABS
51.—Care and disposal of property left in cabs.
52.—Disposal by Commissioner of Police of deposited property.
PART IX.—GENERAL
53.—Penalty.
54.—Revocation.
55.—Reprinting of Order.
PART X.—TRANSITORY PROVISIONS AND COMMENCEMENT
56.—Transitory provisions.
57.—Commencement.
SCHEDULES
Schedule A.—(Form of certificate to be given by Public Carriage Examiner in relation to an application for a cab licence).
Schedule B.—(Description of plates, etc., to be affixed to cabs).
Schedule C.—(Form of cab licence).
Schedule D.—(Form of cab-driver's licence).
THE LONDON CAB ORDER, 1934
In pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act, 1869, and the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act, 1907, and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby order as follows:—
PART I.—SHORT TITLE AND INTERPRETATION
SHORT TITLE
1. This Order may be cited as the "London Cab Order, 1934."
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—
"Commissioner of Police" means the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;
"Receiver" means the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District and includes any person authorised by him to receive payments or give receipts on his behalf;
"Metropolitan area" means the area consisting of the City of London and the Metropolitan Police District;
"Passing station" means any place appointed by the Commissioner of Police as a place where cabs may be examined for the purposes of this Order, and if he appoints any passing station for the examination of any particular cab or cabs, that passing station shall be deemed to be the appointed passing station for that cab or those cabs;
"Public Carriage Examiner" means any person appointed by the Commissioner of Police to examine and inspect public carriages for the purposes of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act, 1869;
"Cab" has the same meaning as the expression "hackney carriage" has in the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act, 1869;
"Motor cab" means any mechanically-propelled cab;
"Horse cab" means any cab drawn by animal power, and "horse" includes any animal used to draw a cab;
"Cab licence" means a licence in pursuance of Section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act, 1869, and of Part III of this Order in respect of a cab;
"Cab-driver's licence" means a licence in pursuance of Section 8 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act, 1869, as amended by Section 39 of the Road Traffic Act, 1934, and of Part IV of this Order to drive cabs;
"Owner" or "Cab-owner" in relation to a cab which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement means the person in possession of the cab under that agreement; and
"Licensee" means any person to whom a licence is granted.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies for the purpose of the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
PART II.—LICENSING AUTHORITY
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE TO GRANT LICENCES
3. I appoint the Commissioner of Police to grant licences under Sections 6 and 8 of the Metropolitan Public...
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