Taxi Driver Online

It seems that the changes to the Act to stop non-licensed vehicles doing contract work has been delayed due to the election.

The DfT following consultation last year, intented to put a clause into the Road Safety Bill which would have amended the definition of "private hire vehicle" in the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998.

However, the Road Safety Bill did not receive Royal Assent in the last Parliamentary session.

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Happy to be legit.

Although it has been delayed, if Mr gets back in then this bill should be one of the first to get sorted.

Thus the huge change, of three words, to the London Act might well happen soon.

44 Private hire vehicles in London

In the definition of “private hire vehicle” in section 1(1)(a) of the Private Hire

Vehicles (London) Act 1998 (c. 34) (vehicle, other than a taxi or public service vehicle, seating fewer than nine passengers made available with a driver to the public for hire to carry passengers), omit “to the public”.

But will it suceed in doing the job? No chance whatsoever, although those that run PH in London think it will.

But it wont, because those that are running illegally will just move their offices out of London, and work via the 1976 Act exemptions.

But of course they know that don't they.

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IDFIMH

Looks like I got it right and the bill has been re-introduced.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... tml#j18001

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IDFIMH