12-13/51 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.
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Note: Councillor Faseyi left the meeting prior to consideration of this item.
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 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 applicant was a fit and proper person to hold a Joint Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver Licence.
The applicant was not in attendance at the hearing and the Sub-Committee resolved to determine the application in their absence.
Following the Licensing Officer’s introduction of the case, 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 is not a fit and proper person to hold a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence, and that the application for a licence be refused.
The Sub-Committee noted that the applicant would be reminded of the right to appeal this decision to the Magistrates Court within 21 days.