Private hire and Hackney carriage information and licence conditions - Provisions
Provisions fixing the stands of hackney carriages
Each of the several places specified in the following list shall be a stand for such number of hackney carriages as is specified in the list.
| Place | Number of Hackney carriages |
|---|---|
| Bridge Street, Walsall | 10 |
| High Street, Aldridge North side from a point opposite Croft Parade in a westerly direction for approximately 60 feet | 4 |
| Upper Lichfield Street, Willenhall East side between its junctions with Lower Lichfield Street and John Street | 4 |
| Church Road, Brownhills South side from a point 13 yards to the Eastof its junction with High Street in an Easterly direction for approximately 30 feet | 2 |
| Bloxwich | 2 |
Provisions securing the safe custody and re-delivery of any property accidentally left in Hackney carriages, and fixing the charges to be made in respect thereof
The proprietor or driver of a Hackney carriage shall immediately after the termination of any hiring or as soon as practicable thereafter carefully search the carriage for any property which may have been accidentally left therein.
The proprietor or driver of a Hackney carriage shall, if any property accidentally left therein by any person who may have been conveyed in the carriage be found by or handed to him:
- carry it as soon as possible and in any event within 48 hours, if not sooner claimed by or on behalf of its owner, to the office of the council, and leave it in the custody of the Officer in charge of the office on giving a receipt for it
- be entitled to receive from any person to whom the property shall be re-delivered an amount equal to five pence in the pound of its estimated value (or the fare for the distance from the place of finding to the office of the Council, whichever be the greater) but not more than five pounds.