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. 44/18 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The licence holder in Case No. 45/18 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The licence holder in Case No. 46/18 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.5

The licence holder in Case No. 47/18 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.6

RESOLVED: That, after consideration of the information contained in the case papers and, where relevant, any additional information submitted to, or reported at, the hearing, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

44/18

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 2006 as the Sub-Committee considers that, in the light of the offence now committed, the licence holder is no longer deemed a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

 

 

 

 

 

45/18

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

(a) given the exceptional circumstances in this case, the licence be reinstated and (b) the licence holder be issued with a written warning with regard to his future conduct, to remain on his licence for a period of three years.

 

 

 

 

 

46/18

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 2006 as the Sub-Committee considers that, in the light of the offence now committed, the licence holder is no longer deemed a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

 

 

 

 

 

47/18

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 2006 as the Sub-Committee considers that, in the light of the offence now committed, the licence holder is no longer deemed a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

 

 

 

(NOTE: Councillor Andy Nash entered the meeting prior to the consideration of Case No. 45/18.)