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Pedicabs To Be Reviewed Alongside Taxis By the Law Commission!

Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport

(1) what insurance is required of owners or drivers of pedicabs and rickshaws plying for hire;


(2) what assessment she has made of the (a) accessibility and (b) level of compliance with disability discrimination legislation of pedicabs and rickshaws plying for hire;


(3) how many passengers of pedicabs and rickshaws plying for hire were injured in the last year for which figures are available.

Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 13 March 2012, c212W)

Norman Baker (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Regional and Local Transport), Transport; Lewes, Liberal Democrat)

Pedicabs outside London are regarded in law as “hackney carriages” (taxis) and local licensing authorities have the power to license them under the existing legislation which applies to hackney carriages. However, in London, pedicabs do not fall within the legal classification of a hackney carriage and are therefore not subject to formal licensing controls.

There is no statutory requirement for insurance for pedicabs in London—they are not licensed and they are on a par with ordinary cyclists who do not require insurance. Where pedicabs are licensed as hackney carriages outside London, the licensing authority will be able to require insurance as part of the licensing process.

In London, pedicabs are the responsibility of the Mayor of London and Transport for London. As such, the Secretary of State has not carried out any specific assessment of accessibility or compliance with disability discrimination legislation. Similarly, the Secretary of State has not collated any information regarding pedicab passenger injuries in London.

I do, however, recognise the concerns that have been expressed from a number of quarters and I am pleased that the Law Commission, which at the Department's request is carrying out a review of legislation relating to taxis and private hire vehicles, is including the position in respect of pedicabs as part of that review.

source: http://theandersonshelter.blogspot.com/ ... taxis.html

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How many councils outside the smoke insist on the pests being licenced as hacks?
Do they need a top sign, fire extinguisher, and first aid kit, and hire and reward insurance, meter and plated and tested

They cant be licensed as taxis or PH in Scotland.

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They can't be licensed as PH anywhere down here, but they can as hackneys.

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