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 two cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

 

 

4.2

The licence holder in Case No. 104/18 was unable to attend the hearing but, in the circumstances, the Sub-Committee considered the case in his absence. Councillor George Lindars-Hammond was not present during the consideration of this case.

 

 

4.3

The licence holder in Case No. 105/18 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee. Councillor Neale Gibson was not present during the consideration of this case.

 

 

4.4

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:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

104/18

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

(a) 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 and (b) grant the licence holder a further opportunity to attend a hearing in person to present his case.

 

 

 

 

 

105/18

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 a fit and proper person to hold a licence.