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. 61/18 attended the hearing with his sister, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The licence holder in Case No.74/18 did not attend the hearing and the case was considered in his absence.

 

 

4.4

The licence holder in Case No.69/18 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

61/18

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

(a) Grant a licence for the term of 12 months, as requested, subject to the applicant successfully passing all tests normally required of a new applicant; (b) in the light of the offences and convictions now reported, a warning be placed on the licence for its duration and (c) if there is any cause for concern in that 12 month period, the licence be referred back to the Sub-Committee.

 

 

 

 

 

74/10

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.

 

 

 

 

 

69/18

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.