12-13/30 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 did not attend the hearing.
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, the following course of action had been agreed.
RESOLVED – That the applicant was not a fit and proper person to hold a driver’s licence. The Sub Committee determined not to grant the application for a Joint Hackney Carriage/ Private Hire Driver’s Licence.
The applicant had the right to appeal this decision to the Magistrates Court within 21 days.