London Hackney Carriage Act 1831

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1831 c. 22
Anno Regni GULIELMI IV. Britanniarum Regis,Primo & Secundo. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Hackney Carriages, and to Waggons, Carts, and Drays, used in the Metropolis; and to place the Collection of the Duties on Hackney Carriages and on Hawkers and Pedlars inEngland under the Commissioners of Stamps.

(1 & 2 Will. 4) C A P. XXII.

[22d September 1831]

'WHEREAS it is expedient to reduce into One Act, and to alter and amend, the Provisions of several Acts now in force, passed in the Parliaments ofGreat Britain and the United Kingdom respectively, relating to Hackney Carriages within the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs thereof, and also the several Parishes and Places comprised within the Weekly Bill of Mortality; and it is also expedient to place the Collection of the Duty upon or in respect of such Hackney Carriages under the Care and Management of the Commissioners of Stamps: And whereas it is expedient to repeal the Laws relating to the registering and numbering of Waggons, Carts, and Drays used in the Metropolis, and to make other Regulations in lieu thereof.' Be it therefore enacted by the King'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, Thatthe several Acts and Parts of Acts herein-after mentioned, or so much and such Part and Parts thereof as are now in force, shall respectively remain and continue in force until and upon the Fifth Day ofJanuary in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and shall from thenceforth respectively cease, determine, and be repealed; (that is to say,) the several Acts and Parts of Actspassed in the Parliaments ofGreat Britain herein-after specified, namely, so much of the several Acts herein-after next mentioned as in any Manner relates to the licensing or regulating of Hackney Coaches or Chairs, (that is to say,) of an Actpassed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of QueenAnne , made for the Purpose (among other Things) of licensing and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs; and of an Act of the TenthYear of the said QueenAnne , made for the Purpose (among other Things) of licensing an additional Number of Hackney Chairs; and the whole of an Act passed in the TwelfthYear of the Reign of the said QueenAnne , intituled An Act for explaining the Acts for licensing Hackney Chairs ; and so much as in any Mannerrelates to the licensing or regulating of Hackney Coaches or Chairs of an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His Majesty KingGeorge the First, made for the Purpose (among other Things) of better regulating Hackney Coaches within the Cities of London and and the Weekly Bills of Mortality; and of an Act of the Third Year of the Reign of the said KingGeorge the First, passed for the Purpose (among other Things) of redeeming certain Duties, Revenues, and Annuities, and for establishing a general Yearly Fund for the future Payment of Annuities at several Rates, to be payable and transferrable at the Bank of England, and redeemable by Parliament; and of an Act of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of the said KingGeorge the First, passed for the Purpose (among other Things) of adding One hundred additional Hackney Chairs to those already licensed; and of an Actof the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty KingGeorge the Second, passed for the Purpose of continuing several Laws relating (among other Things) to the additional Number of One hundred Hackney Chairs, and to the Powers given for regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs; and also so much of an Act of the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of the said KingGeorge the Second, passed for the Purpose of preventing the Misbehaviour of the Drivers of Carts in the Streets of , and the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, and for other Purposes; and of an Act of the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of the said KingGeorge the Second, passed for the Purpose of explaining and amending the said last-mentioned Act, as in any Manner relates to the registering or numbering of Carts, Cars, Drays, and other Carriages driven or used within the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs thereof, the Borough of Southwark , and the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality; and the whole of an Act passed in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of the said King the Second, intituledAn Act for continuing certain Laws relating to the additional Number of One hundred HackneyChairs, and to the Powers given for regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs ; and so much of an Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, passed for the Purpose (among other Things) of extending the Laws relating to Hackney Coaches to the CountiesofKent and Essex , as in any Manner relates to such last-mentioned Purpose; and so much of Two several Acts passed respectively in the Seventh and Tenth Years of the Reign of the said King the Third, for the Purpose (among other Things) of explaining and amending several Acts of Parliament relating to Hackney Coaches and Chairs, as in any Manner relates to such last-mentioned Purpose; and the whole of the several Acts next following, (that is to say,) an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of the said KingGeorge the Third, intituled ; and another Act passed in the said Eleventh Year of the Reign of the said KingGeorge the Third, intituled ; and an Actof the Twelfth Year of the Reign of the said KingGeorge the Third, passed for the Purpose of explaining and amending the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the same King's Reign, so far as the same relates to Hackney Coaches; and an Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for laying an additional Duty on Hackney Coaches, and for explaining and amending several Acts of Parliament relating to Hackney Coaches ; and an Act passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, for explaining an amending the said last-recited Actof the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty; and an Act of the Thirty-second Year of the Reign of His said Majesty KingGeorge the Third, passed for the Purpose of explaining and amending so much of the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the Reign of His said Majesty as relates to Hackney Coaches and Chairs; and an Act passed in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Years of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, intituled ; andthe whole of the several Acts passed in the Parliaments of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland , herein-after specified, (namely,) an Act passed in the Forty-second Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, intituled ; and an Act passed in the Forty-fourth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled An Act for explaining and amending the several Acts relating to Hackney Coaches employed as Stage Coaches, and for indemnifying the Owners of Hackney Coaches who have omitted to take out Licences pursuant to an Act made in the Twenty-fifth Year of His present Majesty ; and an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King, George the Third, intituled ; and an Act passed in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled ; and an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled ; and an Act passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Reign of His said Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled ; and the said several recited Acts and Parts of Acts, or so much and such Parts thereof as are now in force, shall respectively remain and continue in force until and upon the said Fifth Day ofJanuary One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and from and immediately after that Day the same shall be and are hereby severally repealed accordingly, save and except so far as the said Acts or any of them repeal the Whole or any Part of any former Act or Acts, and except as to any Duties, Penalties, or Forfeitures incurred and not recovered, and to any Offences or other Matters committed or done before or upon the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

S-II Former Licences to cease, and the Plates to be delivered up to the Commissioners of Stamps.

II Former Licences to cease, and the Plates to be delivered up to the Commissioners of Stamps.

II. And be it enacted, That all Licences to drive, keep, and let to Hire any Hackney Coach, Chariot, or Two-wheeled Carriage, granted or to be granted by the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty's Commission for regulating and licensing such Hackney Coaches, Chariots, and Two-wheeled Carriages, under or by virtue of the said several recited Acts or any of them, shall also cease and determine from and after the said Fifth Day ofJanuary One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; and every Person to whom any such Licence shall have been granted shall, either before or within One Calendar Month next after the said Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, deliver up to the Commissioners of Stamps, or to their authorized Officer, at the Head Office for Stamps in the City of Westminster , the numbered Plate or Plates appertaining to every such Licence, or, in default thereof, every such Person shall forfeit Forty Shillings for every such Plate which he shall neglect or omit so to deliver up within the Time herein-before limited for that Purpose.

S-III Grant of Stamp Duties specified in the Schedule \(A.) hereto annexed.

III Grant of Stamp Duties specified in the Schedule \(A.) hereto annexed.

III. And be it enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act there shall be raised, levied, and paid unto and for the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for and in respect of every Licence and every Hackney Carriage...

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