Report of the Chief Licensing Officer.
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*(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:
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4.1 |
The Chief Licensing Officer submitted details in respect of three cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing. |
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4.2 |
The applicant in Case No. 91/18 requested that consideration of the case be deferred on the grounds that his representative had not been able to attend the hearing on this day. |
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The licence holder in Case No. 87/18 attended the hearing, and addressed the Sub-Committee. The licence holder was accompanied by Councillor Mazher Iqbal in a personal capacity. |
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The applicant in Case No. 95/18 attended the hearing with two friends, and they all addressed the Sub-Committee. |
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RESOLVED: That, after consideration of the information contained in the case papers and, where relevant, any additional information submitted to, or reported at, the meeting, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:- |
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Licence Type |
Decision |
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91/18 |
Application for a Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence |
Defer consideration of the case to enable the applicant to attend a further hearing with a representative. |
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87/18 |
Review of a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence |
Immediately suspend the licence under Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, as amended by Section 52 of the Road Safety Act 2006, until the outcome of the applicant’s pending Court case. |
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95/18 |
Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence |
(a) Grant a licence for the term of one year, as requested, on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence, and (b) the applicant be required to complete the BTEC Level 2 Certificate ‘The Introduction to the Role of Professional Private Hire and Taxi Driver’, and present his Certificate to the Licensing Service, within a period of two years. |