Schedules Schedule 5: Private hire vehicles etc. Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (SI 1996/1320 (NI 10)
Paragraph 33 amends the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 to specify the fine amount for the offence of failing to return an operator's licence when required to do so.
	Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 (c. 34)
	Paragraph 34 states that the following paragraphs make changes to the private hire licensing regime in London by amending the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 (‘the 1998 Act’).
	Paragraph 35 adds a definition of ‘operate’ to the 1998 Act because this term is subsequently used in other amendments made to the 1998 Act.
	Paragraphs 36 and 38 amend the 1998 Act to provide that private hire driver (paragraph 38) and operator (paragraph 36) licences shall not be issued to applicants who are disqualified by their immigration status. The licensing authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State in making a decision about someone’s immigration status.
	Paragraph 37 inserts a new section 3A into the 1998 Act which ensures that where someone’s immigration leave is time-limited to less than the statutory length for an operator's licence, the licence will be issued for a duration which does not exceed the applicant’s period of leave. Where an applicant’s leave has been extended by virtue of section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971, any licence granted will be limited to a period not exceeding six months.
	Where a licence holder’s leave comes to an end (for example, through curtailment) their licence automatically lapses. When this happens the holder must return their licence and driver’s badge to the licensing authority. A person who fails to do so within seven days, without reasonable cause, will be committing an offence and on summary conviction, is liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, and in the case of a continuing offence, a daily fine for each day they fail to return the documents after conviction.
	Paragraph 39 inserts a new section 13A which make similar amendments as new section 3A in respect of driver licences.
	Paragraph 40 makes amendments to the 1998 Act to specify that grounds for suspension and revocation of driver and operator licences include where the holder has been convicted of an immigration offence or required to pay an immigration penalty
	Paragraph 41 clarifies that on any appeal against the refusal or revocation of a licence under the 1998 Act the court is not entitled to consider whether the appellant should be granted leave, or has been granted leave subsequent to the decision being appealed.
	Paragraph 43 inserts new section 35A into the 1976 Act which defines ‘persons disqualified by reason of immigration status’, which is used in the rest of the new provisions, as meaning someone who is subject to immigration control and has no valid and extant leave in the UK, or no right to undertake the work in question. It also specifies that these provisions apply to those who are on immigration bail who have no right to work, and defines a licensable activity.
	Paragraph 42 also inserts new section 35B which details what are relevant immigration offences and immigration penalties for the purposes of these provisions.