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 three cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

4.2	The applicant in Case No. 60/18 attended the hearing with a friend, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.3	The applicant in Case No. 61/18 attended the hearing with his sister, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.4	The licence holder in Case No. 62/18 did not attend the hearing, and the case was considered in his absence.

4.5	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

	60/18	Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence	Grant a licence for the term of three years, as requested, on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

	61/18	Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence	Defer consideration of the application to a further hearing to enable the applicant to obtain and submit more information, including references, in support of his application.

	62/18	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 consider that, in the light of the offences now committed, the licence holder is no longer deemed a fit and proper person to hold a licence.