12-13/23 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. During the application process, two convictions had come to light which had not been reported to the Licensing Section, contrary to the Council’s Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence Conditions.
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 and a representative of 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 remains a fit and proper person to hold a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence, and that the application to renew the licence be granted.