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09-03-2005, 19:09
Linda Perham, Labour MP for Ilford North, has tabled an Early Day Motion against the use of pedicabs and rickshaws in London, calling them "dangerous...deathtraps" that are "expensive" and a "third world transport mode." Watch out for any MPs signing the motion, and try to get them to support a wonderfully funny amendment instead...
Perham is championing the anti-rickshaw campaign of the Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association.
LTDA general secretary Bob Oddy said rickshaw riders were "neferious...pirates" who "dupe" passengers into "joyriding in their potential death-traps."
Linda Perham, Labour MP for Ilford North said:
"...RICKSHAWS AND LONDON'S STATUS AS A WORLD CLASS CITY
That this House notes with dismay the increasing number of pedicabs or rickshaws on the streets of London; believes that pedicabs are deathtraps, since their construction and maintenance standards are unchecked and unregulated, and their riders often inexperienced about London's streets and traffic; notes that pedicab fares are unregulated and are up to five times more than London taxi prices; and believes that far from being a colourful addition to the streetscape in the capital pedicabs are a dangerous, expensive and third world transport mode unneeded in a world class city..."
Source: http://www.bikebiz.co.uk (http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-news/article.php?id=5320)
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15 Removal of abandoned apparatus etc. from streets
(1) If, in the opinion of the relevant street authority— (a) apparatus in a street is not, or is no longer, used for the purposes of the undertaking for which it was provided and there is no reasonable likelihood that it will be so used; and (b) the apparatus is causing a nuisance or is detrimental to the amenity of the area in which it is located, the relevant street authority may serve a notice under this section upon the owner of the apparatus. (2) If, after reasonable enquiry, the relevant street authority have been unable to ascertain the name and address of the owner, they may affix a notice under this section to the apparatus. (3) A notice under this section is a notice requiring, within such reasonable time (not being less than 28 days) as may be specified in the notice, the owner of the apparatus to remove the apparatus. (4) The sections of the Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49) mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect as if references in those sections to that Act included references to this section. (5) The period within which the owner of apparatus must comply with the requirements of a notice served under subsection (1) above may be extended with the agreement of the council. (6) In this section— “apparatus” means any apparatus placed in a street (but does not include apparatus placed wholly under a street) and includes any structure for the lodging therein of apparatus or for gaining access to apparatus; “street” has the same meaning as in Part III of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22).
PART 4
PEDICABS
16 Commencement of Part 4
(1) This Part of this Act shall apply in Greater London as from the appointed day. (2) The day to be fixed under section 3 (Appointed day) of this Act for the purposes of this Part shall be fixed by Transport for London. 17 Meaning of “pedicab” and related expressions
(1) In this Part of this Act— “pedicab” means a cycle constructed or adapted— (a) to seat one or more passengers; and (b) for the purpose of being made available with a driver for hire for the purpose of carrying passengers. “pedicab business” means a business which consists, in whole or in part, of— (a) the ownership of pedicabs; (b) the letting out of pedicabs to riders for use as a pedicab; or (c) taking bookings for the use of pedicabs by passengers. (2) Any reference in this Part of this Act to a vehicle being “used as a pedicab” is a reference to a pedicab which— (a) is in use in connection with a hiring for the purpose of carrying one or more passengers; or (b) is immediately available for hire for the purpose of carrying one or more passengers. 18 Registration and registration plates
(1) No vehicle shall be used as a pedicab in Greater London unless— (a) it is registered with Transport for London under this section; (b) there is displayed on the pedicab in such manner as may be prescribed by Transport for London a registration plate issued under subsection (6) below. (2) Any person who— (a) uses a pedicab in contravention of subsection (1) above; or (b) causes or permits any person so to do, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. (3) An application for registration or transfer of registration under this section shall be made in such form and shall contain such information as Transport for London shall prescribe. (4) The applicant for registration or transfer of registration shall be the operator of the pedicab business, or if there is no such person, the owner of the pedicab. (5) On payment of a reasonable fee calculated by reference to the cost of administering registrations under this section, Transport for London must grant an application for registration or a transfer of registration properly made under this section. (6) On registering a pedicab under this section Transport for London shall issue the applicant with a registration plate on which there shall be displayed a registration number. (7) A person shall be guilty of an offence if, in giving any information which is required of him in making an application for registration or variation of registration under this section— (a) he makes a statement which he knows is false in a material particular; or (b) he recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular. (8) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (7) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. (9) Where the address of the person in whose name a pedicab is registered changes, that person must inform Transport for London of their new address. (10) Where the person in whose name a pedicab is registered seeks to— (a) transfer his pedicab to another person; (b) transfer ownership of the pedicab to another person; (c) commence the carrying on of a pedicab business in respect of that pedicab, he (and in the case of paragraphs (a) and (b) above, he and the transferee jointly) must apply to Transport for London for the transfer of the registration to the name of the transferee or the name of the business, as the case may be. (11) The application under subection (10) above must state the date from which the transfer is to become effective. (12) Where a registered pedicab permanently ceases to be used as a pedicab the owner of the pedicab must notify Transport for London and if possible return the registration plate to it. (13) A person who fails to comply with any of the requirements in subsection (9), (10), (11) or (12) above is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. (14) On being notified by the registered owner of a pedicab that it has permanently ceased to be used as a pedicab Transport for London shall cancel the registration. 19 Public register
(1) Transport for London shall maintain a register containing the following particulars for each pedicab registered under section 18 (Registration and registration plates), namely— (a) the registration mark on the plate issued to that pedicab; (b) the name and address of the person registered; (c) the date on which the pedicab became registered and ceased to be registered (if applicable). (2) The register maintained under subsection (1) above shall be available for inspection free of charge by members of the public at such place or places, and during such hours, as are determined by Transport for London and a copy of the register shall be made available on request to— (a) the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or of the City of London Police, as the case may be; or (b) a borough council. 20 Application to existing pedicabs
Where—
(a) a pedicab exists on the date on which section 18 (Registration and registration plates) of this Act comes into force; and (b) application for registration under the said section 18 is made in respect of that pedicab within four weeks of that date, that pedicab may lawfully continue to be used as a pedicab until the determination or withdrawal of that application. 21 Pedicabs: parking and traffic contraventions
(1) In determining, for the purposes of the enactments mentioned in subsection (2) below, who was the owner of a pedicab at any time, it shall be presumed that the owner was the person in whose name the pedicab was registered under section 18 (Registration and registration plates) of this Act. (2) Those enactments are— (a) Part II of the 1991 Act (traffic in London); (b) Part II of and Schedule 1 to the London Local Authorities Act 1996 (c. ix) (Bus lanes); (c) regulations made under section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38) (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions); (d) Part 2 of the Act of 2003 (Road traffic and highways); (e) regulations under section 72 of the 2004 Act (civil penalties for road traffic contraventions); (f) any other enactment whether passed before or after this Act which provides for the service of penalty charge notices or notices to owner on the owner of a vehicle. (3) For the purposes of the enactments listed in subsection (2) above, a pedicab business is not to be treated as a vehicle-hire firm. (4) Subsection (11) of section 15 (Parking on footways, grass verges, etc.) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 (c. xxiv) is amended by the addition of “a pedicab (within the meaning given by section 17 (Meaning of “pedicab” and related expressions) of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2005),” after the word “means” in the definition of “vehicle”. (5) The Act of 2003 is amended as follows— (a) in subsection (5) of section 4 (Penalty charges for road traffic contraventions), the words “motor vehicle” are substituted by “vehicle”; (b) in subsection (16) of the said section 4, the definition of “motor vehicle” is left out and the following definition is inserted in the appropriate place—
“vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads and a pedicab within the meaning given by section 17 (Meaning of “pedicab” and related expressions) of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2005.".
PART 5
FILMING
22 Prohibition or restriction on roads in connection with filming
(1) Section 16A of the 1984 Act (prohibition or restriction on roads in connection with certain events) shall apply in Greater London as follows. (2) Where used in section 16A, the expressions “relevant event” and “the holding of a relevant event” include the making of a film. (3) After subsection (2), the following subsection is inserted—
"(2A) The traffic authority for a road may at any time by notice restrict or prohibit temporarily the use of the road, or any part of it, by vehicles, or vehicles of any class, or by pedestrians, where it appears to them that it is expedient for the making of a film and that the restriction or prohibition should come into force without delay.".
(4) The references, in subsections (3) and (5) to (10), to an order under section 16A shall include references to a notice under subsection (2A) of that section, as inserted by subsection (3) above, and references to the making of such an order shall include refences to the issuing of such a notice. 23 Restrictions on orders and notices
(1) Section 16B of the Act of 1984 (restrictions on orders under section 16A) shall apply in Greater London as follows. (2) In subsection (1) after the words “three days” the words “(or seven days, in the case of a film order)” were inserted. (3) In subsection (6) the words “Subject to subsection (6A),” were inserted at the beginning. (4) After subsection (6), the following subsections were inserted—
"(6A) No more than 6 film orders may be made under section 16A in any calendar year so as to affect any length of road, unless a further film order— "(a) is made by the Secretary of State as the traffic authority for the road concerned; or "(b) is made with his consent. "(6B) No film notice shall continue in force for more than 24 hours from the time at which it comes into effect. "(6C) In this section, “film orders” and “film notices” are orders and notices under section 16A of this Act which are made or issued in relation to the making of a film.".
(5) In subsection (7), the words “subsection (6)” were substituted by “subsections (6) and (6A)”. 24 Power to place objects in highways
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the relevant highway authority may grant permission for any person making a film to place temporarily on the highway any object or thing required for the purposes of making a film. (2) A person making a film shall not, in pursuance of a grant of permission under this section, place any object or thing on a bridge over a railway, or under a bridge carrying a railway over a highway or a public open space, or within four metres of the abutments of a bridge carrying a railway over a highway or a public open space, except with the consent of the railway undertakers concerned. (3) In exercising their functions under this section a relevant highway authority— (a) shall take steps to prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, interference with vehicular and pedestrian traffic using the highway; and (b) shall not grant any permission which would have the effect of obstructing or rendering less convenient— (i) the access to or exit from premises belonging to canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, tramway, or statutory undertakers, or persons authorised by any enactment to carry out on any other public undertaking; or (ii) the use by those undertakers or persons of such premises for the purposes of their undertaking. (4) In subsection (3) above, “statutory undertakers” means any of the following— (a) a licence holder within the meaning of Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29); (b) a public gas supplier within the meaning of Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44); (c) a water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56); (d) a sewerage undertaker within Part 1 of the said Act of 1991; (e) a local authority which is a relevant authority for the purposes of section 97 of the said Act of 1991.
Perham is championing the anti-rickshaw campaign of the Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association.
LTDA general secretary Bob Oddy said rickshaw riders were "neferious...pirates" who "dupe" passengers into "joyriding in their potential death-traps."
Linda Perham, Labour MP for Ilford North said:
"...RICKSHAWS AND LONDON'S STATUS AS A WORLD CLASS CITY
That this House notes with dismay the increasing number of pedicabs or rickshaws on the streets of London; believes that pedicabs are deathtraps, since their construction and maintenance standards are unchecked and unregulated, and their riders often inexperienced about London's streets and traffic; notes that pedicab fares are unregulated and are up to five times more than London taxi prices; and believes that far from being a colourful addition to the streetscape in the capital pedicabs are a dangerous, expensive and third world transport mode unneeded in a world class city..."
Source: http://www.bikebiz.co.uk (http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-news/article.php?id=5320)
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London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill (http://www.pedicabforum.com/download/londonbill.pdf)
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London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill (http://www.pedicabforum.com/download/londonbill.pdf)
15 Removal of abandoned apparatus etc. from streets
(1) If, in the opinion of the relevant street authority— (a) apparatus in a street is not, or is no longer, used for the purposes of the undertaking for which it was provided and there is no reasonable likelihood that it will be so used; and (b) the apparatus is causing a nuisance or is detrimental to the amenity of the area in which it is located, the relevant street authority may serve a notice under this section upon the owner of the apparatus. (2) If, after reasonable enquiry, the relevant street authority have been unable to ascertain the name and address of the owner, they may affix a notice under this section to the apparatus. (3) A notice under this section is a notice requiring, within such reasonable time (not being less than 28 days) as may be specified in the notice, the owner of the apparatus to remove the apparatus. (4) The sections of the Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49) mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect as if references in those sections to that Act included references to this section. (5) The period within which the owner of apparatus must comply with the requirements of a notice served under subsection (1) above may be extended with the agreement of the council. (6) In this section— “apparatus” means any apparatus placed in a street (but does not include apparatus placed wholly under a street) and includes any structure for the lodging therein of apparatus or for gaining access to apparatus; “street” has the same meaning as in Part III of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22).
PART 4
PEDICABS
16 Commencement of Part 4
(1) This Part of this Act shall apply in Greater London as from the appointed day. (2) The day to be fixed under section 3 (Appointed day) of this Act for the purposes of this Part shall be fixed by Transport for London. 17 Meaning of “pedicab” and related expressions
(1) In this Part of this Act— “pedicab” means a cycle constructed or adapted— (a) to seat one or more passengers; and (b) for the purpose of being made available with a driver for hire for the purpose of carrying passengers. “pedicab business” means a business which consists, in whole or in part, of— (a) the ownership of pedicabs; (b) the letting out of pedicabs to riders for use as a pedicab; or (c) taking bookings for the use of pedicabs by passengers. (2) Any reference in this Part of this Act to a vehicle being “used as a pedicab” is a reference to a pedicab which— (a) is in use in connection with a hiring for the purpose of carrying one or more passengers; or (b) is immediately available for hire for the purpose of carrying one or more passengers. 18 Registration and registration plates
(1) No vehicle shall be used as a pedicab in Greater London unless— (a) it is registered with Transport for London under this section; (b) there is displayed on the pedicab in such manner as may be prescribed by Transport for London a registration plate issued under subsection (6) below. (2) Any person who— (a) uses a pedicab in contravention of subsection (1) above; or (b) causes or permits any person so to do, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. (3) An application for registration or transfer of registration under this section shall be made in such form and shall contain such information as Transport for London shall prescribe. (4) The applicant for registration or transfer of registration shall be the operator of the pedicab business, or if there is no such person, the owner of the pedicab. (5) On payment of a reasonable fee calculated by reference to the cost of administering registrations under this section, Transport for London must grant an application for registration or a transfer of registration properly made under this section. (6) On registering a pedicab under this section Transport for London shall issue the applicant with a registration plate on which there shall be displayed a registration number. (7) A person shall be guilty of an offence if, in giving any information which is required of him in making an application for registration or variation of registration under this section— (a) he makes a statement which he knows is false in a material particular; or (b) he recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular. (8) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (7) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. (9) Where the address of the person in whose name a pedicab is registered changes, that person must inform Transport for London of their new address. (10) Where the person in whose name a pedicab is registered seeks to— (a) transfer his pedicab to another person; (b) transfer ownership of the pedicab to another person; (c) commence the carrying on of a pedicab business in respect of that pedicab, he (and in the case of paragraphs (a) and (b) above, he and the transferee jointly) must apply to Transport for London for the transfer of the registration to the name of the transferee or the name of the business, as the case may be. (11) The application under subection (10) above must state the date from which the transfer is to become effective. (12) Where a registered pedicab permanently ceases to be used as a pedicab the owner of the pedicab must notify Transport for London and if possible return the registration plate to it. (13) A person who fails to comply with any of the requirements in subsection (9), (10), (11) or (12) above is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. (14) On being notified by the registered owner of a pedicab that it has permanently ceased to be used as a pedicab Transport for London shall cancel the registration. 19 Public register
(1) Transport for London shall maintain a register containing the following particulars for each pedicab registered under section 18 (Registration and registration plates), namely— (a) the registration mark on the plate issued to that pedicab; (b) the name and address of the person registered; (c) the date on which the pedicab became registered and ceased to be registered (if applicable). (2) The register maintained under subsection (1) above shall be available for inspection free of charge by members of the public at such place or places, and during such hours, as are determined by Transport for London and a copy of the register shall be made available on request to— (a) the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or of the City of London Police, as the case may be; or (b) a borough council. 20 Application to existing pedicabs
Where—
(a) a pedicab exists on the date on which section 18 (Registration and registration plates) of this Act comes into force; and (b) application for registration under the said section 18 is made in respect of that pedicab within four weeks of that date, that pedicab may lawfully continue to be used as a pedicab until the determination or withdrawal of that application. 21 Pedicabs: parking and traffic contraventions
(1) In determining, for the purposes of the enactments mentioned in subsection (2) below, who was the owner of a pedicab at any time, it shall be presumed that the owner was the person in whose name the pedicab was registered under section 18 (Registration and registration plates) of this Act. (2) Those enactments are— (a) Part II of the 1991 Act (traffic in London); (b) Part II of and Schedule 1 to the London Local Authorities Act 1996 (c. ix) (Bus lanes); (c) regulations made under section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38) (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions); (d) Part 2 of the Act of 2003 (Road traffic and highways); (e) regulations under section 72 of the 2004 Act (civil penalties for road traffic contraventions); (f) any other enactment whether passed before or after this Act which provides for the service of penalty charge notices or notices to owner on the owner of a vehicle. (3) For the purposes of the enactments listed in subsection (2) above, a pedicab business is not to be treated as a vehicle-hire firm. (4) Subsection (11) of section 15 (Parking on footways, grass verges, etc.) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 (c. xxiv) is amended by the addition of “a pedicab (within the meaning given by section 17 (Meaning of “pedicab” and related expressions) of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2005),” after the word “means” in the definition of “vehicle”. (5) The Act of 2003 is amended as follows— (a) in subsection (5) of section 4 (Penalty charges for road traffic contraventions), the words “motor vehicle” are substituted by “vehicle”; (b) in subsection (16) of the said section 4, the definition of “motor vehicle” is left out and the following definition is inserted in the appropriate place—
“vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads and a pedicab within the meaning given by section 17 (Meaning of “pedicab” and related expressions) of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2005.".
PART 5
FILMING
22 Prohibition or restriction on roads in connection with filming
(1) Section 16A of the 1984 Act (prohibition or restriction on roads in connection with certain events) shall apply in Greater London as follows. (2) Where used in section 16A, the expressions “relevant event” and “the holding of a relevant event” include the making of a film. (3) After subsection (2), the following subsection is inserted—
"(2A) The traffic authority for a road may at any time by notice restrict or prohibit temporarily the use of the road, or any part of it, by vehicles, or vehicles of any class, or by pedestrians, where it appears to them that it is expedient for the making of a film and that the restriction or prohibition should come into force without delay.".
(4) The references, in subsections (3) and (5) to (10), to an order under section 16A shall include references to a notice under subsection (2A) of that section, as inserted by subsection (3) above, and references to the making of such an order shall include refences to the issuing of such a notice. 23 Restrictions on orders and notices
(1) Section 16B of the Act of 1984 (restrictions on orders under section 16A) shall apply in Greater London as follows. (2) In subsection (1) after the words “three days” the words “(or seven days, in the case of a film order)” were inserted. (3) In subsection (6) the words “Subject to subsection (6A),” were inserted at the beginning. (4) After subsection (6), the following subsections were inserted—
"(6A) No more than 6 film orders may be made under section 16A in any calendar year so as to affect any length of road, unless a further film order— "(a) is made by the Secretary of State as the traffic authority for the road concerned; or "(b) is made with his consent. "(6B) No film notice shall continue in force for more than 24 hours from the time at which it comes into effect. "(6C) In this section, “film orders” and “film notices” are orders and notices under section 16A of this Act which are made or issued in relation to the making of a film.".
(5) In subsection (7), the words “subsection (6)” were substituted by “subsections (6) and (6A)”. 24 Power to place objects in highways
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the relevant highway authority may grant permission for any person making a film to place temporarily on the highway any object or thing required for the purposes of making a film. (2) A person making a film shall not, in pursuance of a grant of permission under this section, place any object or thing on a bridge over a railway, or under a bridge carrying a railway over a highway or a public open space, or within four metres of the abutments of a bridge carrying a railway over a highway or a public open space, except with the consent of the railway undertakers concerned. (3) In exercising their functions under this section a relevant highway authority— (a) shall take steps to prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, interference with vehicular and pedestrian traffic using the highway; and (b) shall not grant any permission which would have the effect of obstructing or rendering less convenient— (i) the access to or exit from premises belonging to canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, tramway, or statutory undertakers, or persons authorised by any enactment to carry out on any other public undertaking; or (ii) the use by those undertakers or persons of such premises for the purposes of their undertaking. (4) In subsection (3) above, “statutory undertakers” means any of the following— (a) a licence holder within the meaning of Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29); (b) a public gas supplier within the meaning of Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44); (c) a water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56); (d) a sewerage undertaker within Part 1 of the said Act of 1991; (e) a local authority which is a relevant authority for the purposes of section 97 of the said Act of 1991.