11-12/09 - 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/Private Hire Driver Licence
Minutes:
The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding a complaint which had been made against the holder of a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence.
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 licence holder remained a fit and proper person to hold a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence.
The licence holder and the complainant attended the hearing and made representations.
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 licence holder and the complainant, the following course of action had been agreed.
RESOLVED – That the Licence Holder remains a fit and proper person to hold a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence and that no formal action be taken in relation to the future of his licence.