Issue - meetings

Department for Transport Standards - Review of Taxi/Private Hire Driver Licence Duration

Meeting: 31/03/2022 - Council (Item 95)

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Licensing Committee recommend to Full Council that the licensing process for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire drivers continue to permit 1-year and 3-year licence applications.

 

 

Minutes:

Full Council received a referral from the Licensing Committee on the duration of private hire/hackney carriage driver’s licenses.

 

Proposed by Councillor Nick Churchill (seconded by Councillor Andrew Johnson) it was:

 

RESOLVED that the licensing process for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire drivers continue to permit 1-year and 3-year licence applications.


Meeting: 08/03/2022 - Licensing Committee (Item 50)

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Minutes:

The Committee received a report on the licensing process for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire drivers license durations and medical certificate requirements.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

A     The Licensing Committee recommends to Full Council that the licensing process for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire drivers continue to permit 1-year and 3- year licence applications.

 

B     The Licensing Committee notes the procedural change to medical certification requirements that will allow drivers the option to apply for a 3-year licence at each renewal.

 

C     Subject to A and B, the timescale for the introduction of the procedural changes be implemented as agreed by the Assistant Director Environment and the Chair of the Licensing Committee to allow administrative and software adjustments to be made.