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:

5.1

The Chief Licensing Officer submitted details in respect of two cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

 

 

5.2

The licence holder in Case No. 73/19 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

5.3

The applicant in Case No. 74/19 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

5.4

RESOLVED: That, after consideration of the information contained in the case papers, and the information now reported, and where relevant, circulated, at the meeting, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

73/19

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 such time as the licence holder takes and passes a competency test to be arranged by the Licensing Service.

 

 

 

 

 

74/19

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

Grant a licence for 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.