12-13/20 Consideration of Fitness to Hold a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence
To consider whether the holder of a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence remains ‘a fit and proper person’ to hold a licence and to determine the future of their Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence.
Minutes:
The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an application to renew a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence. At a meeting of the General Licensing Sub-Committee on 26 September 2012, consideration of this matter had been deferred, to allow the applicant to attend the meeting.
The Sub-Committee was informed that the matter 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 applicant remained a fit and proper person to hold a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence.
The applicant attended the hearing and made representations.
After a full hearing, and in accordance with the rules of procedure, the Chairman of the Sub-Committee reported that, after taking account of all the evidence, the following course of action had been agreed.
RESOLVED – That the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence, and that the application to renew the licence be refused.
The applicant was reminded of the right to appeal this decision to the Magistrates’ Court within 21 days.