| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the better Regulation of Hackney Carriages, and of Metropolitan Stage Carriages, and of Wagons, Carts, and Drays, used in and near the Metropolis, and of the Drivers and Attendants thereof. |
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| Citation | 1 & 2 Vict. c. 79 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 10 August 1838 |
| Commencement | 10 August 1838 [b] |
| Repealed | 22 August 1843 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Hackney Carriages, Metropolis Act 1838 [a] (1 & 2 Vict. c. 79) regulated and set up a licensing system for hackney carriages in London, namely the Office of the Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages
| London Hackney Carriages Act 1850 [c] | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for consolidating the Office of the Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages with the Office of Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis, and making other Provisions in regard to the consolidated Offices. |
| Citation | 13 & 14 Vict. c. 7 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 March 1850 |
| Commencement | 1 April 1850 [d] |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
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Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Hackney Carriages, Metropolis Act 1838 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The 1838 act was updated by the London Hackney Carriages Act 1850 [c] , [1] [e] (13 & 14 Vict. c. 7) granted royal assent on 25 March 1850 and taking effect from 5 April 1850. That abolished the office of Registrar and instead added his duties to those of the Commissioners (later Commissioner) of Police for the Metropolis, head of the Metropolitan Police (later expanded or delegated to an Assistant Commissioner by the Metropolitan Police Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 2)), effectively creating the Public Carriage Office, which remained within the Metropolitan Police until 2000 when it was taken over by Transport for London.
The 1850 act also provided retiring allowances for clerks and officers who lost their job due to the abolition of the office of Registrar, enabled the Commissioners to set up taxi ranks or "standings", repealed any extant provisions on "standings" in acts prior to the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 86) and maintained the ban in the Bloomsbury Square Act 1806 (46 Geo. 3. c. cxxxiv) on hackney coaches in or near Bloomsbury Square. [f]
