11-12/18 Application for a Joint Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver Licence
To consider whether the applicant is a ‘fit and proper person’ to be granted a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence.
Minutes:
The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an application for a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence.
The Sub-Committee was informed that the application fell within the Council’s policy for determination by the Sub-Committee. Accordingly the hearing had been convened to enable the Sub-Committee to determine whether the application for a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence should be granted.
The applicant and a representative of the applicant attended the hearing and made representations in respect of the application.
After a full hearing of the application, and in accordance with the rules of procedure, the Chairman of the Sub-Committee reported that, after taking account of all the evidence, including the oral representations of the applicant and his representative, the following course of action had been agreed.
RESOLVED – That the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence, and that the application for a licence be refused.
The applicant was reminded of the right to appeal this decision to the Magistrates Court within 21 days.