11-12/17 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.
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Minutes:
The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding the holder of a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence who had been arrested in connection with alleged offences.
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 licence holder remained a fit and proper person to hold a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence.
The licence holder was not in attendance at the hearing.
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 licence holder is no longer a fit and proper person to hold a hackney carriage/private hire drivers licence, and that the licence be revoked under section 61(1)(b) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (‘the 1976 Act’) with immediate effect (in accordance with section 61(2B) of the 1976 Act).
The Sub-Committee noted that the applicant would be reminded of the right to appeal this decision to the Magistrates Court within 21 days.