Plymouth City Council Act 1975
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1975 c. xx |
| Year | 1975 |
Plymouth
City
Council
Act
1975
C.
XX 1
ELIZABETH H
1975 CHAPTER xx
An Act to confer further powers on the Council of the city
of Plymouth in relation to hackney carriages and private
hire vehicles; and for other purposes.
[1st August 1975]
TT7HEREAS—
(1) The city of Plymouth (hereinafter referred to as " the
city ") is under the management and local government of the
Council of the city (hereinafter referred to as " the Council "):
(2) It is expedient to make further provision with reference
to hackney carriages and private hire vehicles in the city, and
that the powers of the Council in relation thereto should be
enlarged and extended:
(3) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act should be enacted:
(4) The objects of this Act cannot be attained without the
authority of Parliament:
c. xx
Plymouth
City
Council
Act
1975
(5) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
1972
c.
70.
requirements of section 239 of the Local Government Act 1972
ave been observed:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,
and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows
:—
Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Plymouth City Council Act
1975.
Interpretation. 2.—(1) In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise
requires—
1847
c.
89.
" the Act of 1847 " means the provisions of the Town Police
Clauses Act 1847 with respect to hackney carriages;
1915
c.
lxix. " the Act of 1915 " means the Plymouth Corporation Act
1915;
1936
c
49.
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act 1936;
1972
c
20.
" the Act of
1972
" means the Road Traffic Act 1972;
" appointed day" has the meaning assigned to it by
section 34 (The appointed day) of this Act;
" authorised officer" means any officer of the Council
authorised in writing by the city solicitor and secretary
for the purposes of this Act;
" the city " means the city of Plymouth;
" the city solicitor and secretary " means the city solicitor
and secretary of the city and includes any person
appointed by the Council to discharge temporarily the
duties of that officer;
" contravene " includes fail to comply;
" the Council" means the Council of the city;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day during which an
offence continues after conviction
thereof;
" driver's badge "
means,
in relation to the driver of
a
hackney
carriage, any badge issued by the Council under bye-
laws made under section 68 of the Act of 1847 and, in
relation to the driver of a private hire vehicle, any
badge issued by the Council under section 12 (Issue of
drivers' badges) of this Act;
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