Agenda item

Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing - Individual Cases

Report of the Chief Licensing Officer.

 

 

*(NOTE: The report at item 5 in the above agenda is not available to the public and press because it contains exempt information described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended))

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

4.1

The Chief Licensing Officer submitted details in respect of four cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

 

 

4.2

The licence holder in Case No. 156/17 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The applicant in Case No. 03/18 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The licence holder in Case No. 04/18 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

The applicant in Case No. 05/18 attended the hearing with a representative and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.6

RESOLVED: That the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

156/17

Review of a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence

Immediately revoke the licence under Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, as amended by Section 52 of the Road Safety Act, as the Sub-Committee felt that, in the light of the evidence shown regarding the complaint, the licence holder was not a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

 

 

 

 

 

03/18

Application for the renewal of a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence

Grant the licence for the term of one year as applied for, but in the light of the offences and conviction now reported, the applicant be given a written warning as to his future conduct.

 

 

 

 

 

04/18

Review of a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence

The licensee be issued with a written warning with regard to his future conduct, such warning to remain active for the life of his current licence.

 

 

 

 

 

05/18

Application for a new Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence

Refuse to grant a licence in light of the circumstances now reported and the representations now made, the Sub-Committee did not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.