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Grandad,

Email sent.

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Grandad,

Here is the reply from my council.


RE: Carriage of goods in a Hackney Carriage


Hello XXXXX
The Town Police Clauses Act 1847 states:
sec. 37, Hackney carriages to be licensed:

The commissioners may from time to time licence to ply for hire within the prescribed distance, or if no distance is prescribed, within five miles from the General Post Office of the city, town, or place to which the special Act refers, (which in that case shall be deemed the prescribed distance,) [F1such number of]hackney coaches or carriages of any kind or description adapted to the carriage of persons [F1as they think fit]”
I have looked further into the Private Hire use for goods, however, under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, the definition of a Private Hire Vehicle states :
Sec. 80, Interpretation of Part II:
“private hire vehicle” means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to seat [F4fewer than nine passengers], other than a hackney carriage or public service vehicle [F5or a London cab][F6or tramcar], which is provided for hire with the services of a driver for the purpose of carrying passengers;”
I believe that section 75 of the 1976 act relates to exemptions for private hire vehicles as it states in full:
(1) Nothing in this Part of this Act shall—
(a) apply to a vehicle used for bringing passengers or goods within a controlled district in pursuance of a contract for the hire of the vehicle made outside the district if the vehicle is not made available for hire within the district
I hope that the above information assists you and should you wish to discuss this matter further then please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Grandad,

My reply to the Council.
Dear XXXX,
Thank you for your prompt reply.
I do not see any point in discussing the matter further because you are not going to change your opinion or seek a legal opinion on this so we will just have to disagree on this and wait until the Council decides to prosecute a driver or company and let a court decide.
Regards,

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Grandad,

Grandad, Send her another email stating that you and other members of your association in your area have contacts with the National Blood Bank for the urgent delivery of blood, which is a parcel. Will she confirm that delivering these parcels must cease as the drivers will be committing an offence. A yes or no answer will suffice.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

I like it bang on the money how about an annonymous letter in the local PRESS give a few Tory vermin some headaches

And why not get the New Cllr the Labour man onside he could make loads of agg over this sh!t

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

37 Commissioners may licence hackney carriages And with respect to hackney carriages, be it enacted as follows: The commissioners may from time to time licence to ply for hire within the prescribed distance, or if no distance is prescribed, within five miles from the General Post Office of the city, town, or place to which the special Act refers, (which in that case shall be deemed the prescribed distance,) such number of hackney coaches or carriages of any kind or description adapted to the carriage of persons as they think fit. Modification Modified, in relation to hackney carriages, by the Transport Act 1985, s 16.


What's that got to do with parcels ??



http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/tpca1847.pdf

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Isn't there a bit in the act about lost property and how much can be charged to take it back or to the local police station? I can't seem to find it.

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Grandad,

law of the land..

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Grandad,

Section 68,1847 Act. is what you are looking for in regard to returning goods.

Please note it mentions conduct of proprietors and drivers in their several employments.

Carrying a person is an employment,carrying a parcel is an employment.

Section 53.Refusing a hire,does not imply that the hirer has to travel in the carriage,if I wished to hire your carriage to take a parcel to a premises on the boundary of the prescribed distance in my view you will commit an offence if you refuse to do so.

68 Byelaws for regulating hackney carriages The commissioners may from time to time (subject to the restrictions of this and the special Act) make byelaws for all or any of the purposes following; (that is to say,) For regulating the conduct of the proprietors and drivers of hackney carriages plying within the prescribed distance in their several employments, and determining whether such drivers shall wear any and what badges, and for regulating the hours within which they may exercise their calling: For regulating the manner in which the number of each carriage, corresponding with the number of its licence, shall be displayed:

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Put the last portion of Section 68 on,"and fixing charges to be made in respect thereof".

I have been informed that the returning of lost property is not the same as the carriage of goods. She is adamant that she is right and the rest of you and your Councils who allow this, are wrong.

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Grandad,

Another version of pass the parcel

As a side thought and a possible way around it! What if the person who wanted the package/parcel delivered got into the cab, and then 10/20/30 yards down the road said I have got to go back - with the instruction of.......can you carry on to where I said, and deliver the goods as they are the lost property of xxxxx company. The scenario being is that you were carrying a passenger - and you were returning lost property as far as you know.

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