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 three cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

 

 

4.2

The licence holder in Case No.103/23 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.3

The licence holder in Case No.104/23 attended the hearing with a representative, and they both addressed the Sub-Committee.

 

 

4.4

The applicant in Case No.105/23 did not attend the hearing and the Sub-Committee decided to proceed to hear the case in his absence.

 

 

4.5

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

 

 

 

 

 

103/23

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 the Sub-Committee no longer considers the licence holder to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence in view of the evidence now reported.

 

 

 

 

 

104/23

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

(a) The licence holder be issued with a written warning as to his future conduct, to remain live for the term of his current licence; and (b) the licence holder be required to enrol onto the Level 2 Certificate course in the ‘Introduction to the Role of the Professional Taxi and Private Hire Driver’ before 30 September 2023, and present evidence of completing this course to the Licensing Service in a timely manner.

 

 

 

 

 

105/23

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

Refuse to grant a licence on the grounds that, in view of the serious offences now reported, the Sub-Committee does not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.