12-13/52 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.
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Minutes:
The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding 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 Licence.
The licence holder 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
(a) That the Licence Holder remains a fit and proper person to hold a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence and that no formal action be taken in relation to the future of their licence.
(b) That a formal warning be issued in respect of the Licence Holder’s future conduct.
The Licence Holder was reminded of the right to appeal this decision to the Magistrates’ Court within 21 days.