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 four cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

4.2	The applicant in Case No. 106/22 did not attend the hearing, and no prior notice had been received from him. It was agreed to consider the case in his absence.

4.3	The applicant in Case No. 115/22 attended the hearing with two representatives, and they all addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.4	The licence holder in Case No. 104/22 attended the hearing with two representatives, and they all addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.5	The applicant in Case No. 116/22 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.6	RESOLVED: That, after consideration of the information contained in the case papers, and the information now reported and, where relevant, circulated either prior to the meeting, but after publication of the agenda, or at the meeting, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

	Case No.	Licence Type	Decision

	106/22	Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence	Refuse to grant a licence on the grounds that, in the light of the offence now reported, the Sub-Committee did not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

	115/22	Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence	Grant a licence for 12 months, as requested, on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence, subject to him first undertaking and passing the Driving Test.

	104/22	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, on the grounds that, in view of the incident now reported, the Sub-Committee does not consider the licence holder to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

	116/22	Application to Extend a Private Hire Vehicle Licence	Extend the licence for the shorter period of six months, on the grounds that the applicant has provided sufficient evidence to convince the Sub-Committee that there are exceptional reasons to deviate from the current policy on the age limit of vehicles.