Agenda item

To determine the suitability of a driver to hold a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver's Licence

Minutes:

The Corporate Director, Environment asked the Sub-Committee to consider whether the applicant was a fit and proper person to hold a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence.

 

Options available to the sub-committee

 

·       If the Sub-Committee is satisfied that, on the balance of probability, the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence, it may grant the licence.

 

·       If the Sub-Committee is not satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a licence, it must refuse to grant the licence.

 

Decision

 

The Sub-Committee members considered all written and oral representations and taking everything into account, agreed that the applicant was not a fit and proper person and that the application for renewal of their Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers licence should be REFUSED; this refusal to renew by virtue of section 61(1)(b) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

 

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