Issue - meetings

To consider whether the applicant is ‘a fit and proper person’ to be granted a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence.

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 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, the following course of action had been agreed.

RESOLVED

(a)  That the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence, and that the application for a licence be granted subject to the successful completion of the Council’s hackney carriage/private hire theory test;

(b)  That the licence be reviewed twelve months from the grant of the licence.  The review to include a CRB check (at the applicant’s expense) and the receipt of a satisfactory reference from an employer who has employed the applicant to drive taxis.

The applicant was reminded of the right to appeal this decision to the Magistrates Court within 21 days.