Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 241 (C. 8)
METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE DISTRICTS
PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES
The Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2004
Made
12th February 2004
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 40(2) of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2004.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998.
Commencement of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998
2. —(1) Sections 7 to 11, 22(2), 34(3) and 35 of the Act shall come into force—
(a) for the purposes of existing private hire vehicles as defined by regulation 2 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2004( 2 ), on 8th March 2004; and
(b) for all other purposes, on 8th April 2004.
(2) With the exception of section 13(2)(b) of the Act (so far as it relates to the requirement in section 13(3)) and section 13(3), all other provisions of the Act not yet in force shall come into force on 8th June 2004.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Tony McNulty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
12th February 2004
1998 c. 34 ; the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 was extensively amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) , Schedule 21.
S.I. 2004/242 .