Offences relating to Hackney Carriages

  • S.44 It is an offence under this section for the proprietor of a hackney carriage to fail to notify the Council of any change of abode
  • S.45 It is an offence under this section to ply for hire without a hackney carriage licence or not to display the licence number
  • S.52 This section requires the number of persons to be carried marked on the vehicle. If the vehicle is not so marked or the driver refuses to carry that
    number or less an offence is committed.
  • S.53 It is an offence under this section for the driver of a hackney carriage stood at a taxi rank to refuse to drive to any place within the Borough
  • S.54 It is an offence under this section for more than the sum agreed to be demanded
  • S.55 It is an offence under this section to accept, even by agreement, more than the legal fare for the journey
  • S.56 It is an offence under this section, where it has been agreed to carry a passenger a distance for a fixed fee, to fail to carry the passenger for that
    distance
  • S.59 It is an offence under this section to allow passengers to ride in the vehicle without the consent of the person who has hired the vehicle
  • S.60 It is an offence under this section for an authorised person to drive or to allow an unauthorised person to drive a hackney carriage
  • S.61 It is an offence under this section for the driver of a hackney carriage to be drunk whilst driving or to injure or endanger any person
  • S.62 It is an offence under this section for the driver of a hackney carriage to leave his vehicle in the street without someone proper to take care of it
  • S.64 It is an offence under this section for a driver to obstruct another driver