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Deregulation Act 2015: Changes to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy including Review of Fees

 

 

Meeting: 27/09/2016 - Licensing Committee (Item 5)

5 Deregulation Act 2015: Changes to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy including Review of Fees

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Considered - Report of the Head of Environment, Streetscene and Facilities

 

 

Recommendation to Council

 

1. That Council approves the fees set out in Appendix 1 to this report and they be introduced on 1 December 2016.

 

2. That a proposed new budget structure of three separate accounts for each licence type (1) dual drivers licence (2) hackney carriage vehicle and (3) private hire vehicle and operators be approved and adopted.

 

3. That a 3 year dual hackney carriage / private hire drivers licence be introduced and that licensing officers use the Department for Transport Best Practice Guidance when considering whether a licence should be issued for a lesser period and that policy be amended to reflect this.

 

4. That a 5 year private hire operators licence be introduced and that licensing officers use the Department for Transport Best Practice Guidance when considering whether a licence should be issued for a lesser period and that policy be amended to reflect this.

 

5. That the associated changes affecting school transport licences be phased in linked to the expiry dates of current NYCC contracts.

 

[For 7                                                   Against 0                                             Abstain 0]