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 applicant in Case No.85/21 attended the hearing and requested that consideration of his application be deferred.

 

 

4.3

The licence holder in Case No.86/21 did not attend the hearing and the Sub-Committee decided to proceed to consider the case in his absence.

 

 

4.4

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

 

 

 

Case No.

Licence Type

Decision

 

 

 

 

 

85/21

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

Defer consideration of the case to allow for the applicant to attend with his representative.

 

 

 

 

 

86/21

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, on the grounds that, due to the licence holder not providing the Licensing Service with a valid medical certificate, the Sub-Committee no longer considers him to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.