London Cab Order 1995
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1995/837 |
| Year | 1995 |
1995 No. 837
METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE DISTRICTSCABS
The London Cab Order 1995
Made 17th March 1995
Coming into force 18th April 1995
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 18691, hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1995 and shall come into force on 18th April 1995.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the 1934 Order means” the London Cab Order 19342;
“authorised examiner” has the meaning given by section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 19883; and
“registered” means registered under the Vehicles Excise and Registration Act 19944
Presentation of motor cabs for licensing
3.—(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a)
(a) an application has been made for a cab licence in respect of a motor cab registered on or after 1st August 1979 and propelled by a diesel engine, and
(b)
(b) the applicant is required by paragraph 10(1) of the 1934 Order to bring or send the cab to a place for examination by a Public Carriage Examiner.
(2) In such a case, at the time of the examination of the motor cab by the Public Carriage Examiner, there shall be handed to him not only the application form in respect of the cab as required by paragraph 10(2) of the 1934 Order but also a certificate which satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph (3) below.
(3) The requirements of this sub-paragraph, in relation to a certificate, are that—
(a)
(a) the certificate must relate to the cab and be in the form shown in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(b)
(b) the certificate must have been signed on, or during the 28 day period ending immediately before, the day on which the certificate is handed to the Public Carriage Examiner;
(c)
(c) the person who signed the certificate must at the time he signed it have been either—
(i) an authorised examiner who is authorised by the Secretary of State to carry out examinations for the purposes of section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 on Class IV vehicles (within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles (Test) Regulations 19815), or
(ii) a person authorised by such an authorised examiner to carry out such an examination on his behalf;
(d)
(d) the signature must be accompanied by an embossment by a stamp of the authorised examiner by or on whose behalf the certificate was...
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