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S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2000 No. 412

LONDON GOVERNMENT PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT

The Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles) (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2000

Made 21st February 2000

Laid before Parliament 21st February 2000 Coming into force 13th March 2000

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 255, 405(2), 406, 415(9) and 420 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 F1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations:
F1
1999 c. 29.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles) (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 13th March 2000.

Interpretation

2. In this Order—
“the 1847 Act" means the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 F2 ;
“the 1869 Act" means the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 F3 ;
“the 1976 Act" means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 F4 ;

“the 1999 Act" means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;

“the appointed day" means 1st April 2000 being the day on which section 323 of the 1999 Act comes into force F5 ;

“excluded district" means a wholly excluded district or a partially excluded district;

“partially excluded district" means a district part of which ceases to be within the metropolitan police district on the appointed day;

“excluded part" in relation to a partially excluded district means the part of the district which ceases to be within the metropolitan police district on the appointed day;

“wholly excluded district" means a district the whole of which ceases to be within the metropolitan police district on the appointed day

On 1st April 2000 (in this Order called “the appointed day"), in consequence of the coming into force of section 323 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, the boundary of the metropolitan police district will be changed so as to exclude all parts of that district lying outside Greater London. Section 255 of that Act provides that on the appointed day the licensing of hackney carriages and private hire vehicles to operate in those areas will become the responsibility of the relevant district councils in accordance with the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

This Order makes transitional and consequential provisions in relation to the licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles in the affected districts.

Article 2 contains definitions and in particular distinguishes between wholly excluded districts and partially excluded districts, according as the whole or part only of a district ceases to be within the metropolitan police district. The wholly excluded districts are Epsom and Ewell, Hertsmere and Spelthorne. The partially excluded districts are Broxbourne, Elmbridge, Epping Forest, Reigate and Banstead and Welwyn Hatfield.
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