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To Receive any Declarations of Interest and Notification of any Dispensations Granted You are invited to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda, and the nature of that interest.
You are also invited to disclose any dispensation in relation to any registerable and/or non-registerable interests that have been granted to you in respect of any matters appearing on the agenda.
Please complete the Declarations of Interests card available at the meeting and return it to the Democratic Services Officer before leaving the meeting. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest reported |
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Exclusion Resolution The Committee will be requested to pass the following resolution:
Resolved that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and having applied a public interest test as defined in Part 2 of Schedule 12A of the Act, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act. Minutes: Resolved that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and having applied a public interest test as defined in Part 2 of Schedule 12A of the Act, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act |
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Private Hire Driver's Licence Disciplinary Referral - Mr S Minutes: The Committee considered a report from the Head of Public Protection, Community Safety and Emergency Planning which set out the background to a disciplinary referral in relation to a Private Hire Driver
The Committee was requested to determine whether the driver remained a fit and proper person to hold a private hire driver’s licence.
Mr S was in attendance at the meeting.
A Licensing Officer presented a report and responded to questions from members of the Committee.
Mr S was invited to present his case and he responded to questions from the members of the Committee.
Following summing up of their respective cases, both parties left the room to enable the Committee to reach its decision in private.
The options available to the Committee were:
- Take no action - Issue a warning as to the driver’s future conduct - Suspend the driver’s licence; or - Revoke the driver’s licence
In determining its response the Committee took into account all that had been presented and contained within the papers submitted to the meeting and had regard to Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy and the Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards.
RESOLVED that Mr S’s Private Hire Driver’s Licence be revoked with immediate effect as the Committee was not satisfied that he remained a fit and proper person to hold a licence with the Authority. |
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Private Hire Driver's Licence Referral - Mr W Minutes: The Committee considered a report from the Head of Public Protection, Community Safety and Emergency Planning which set out the background to a disciplinary referral in relation to a Private Hire Driver
The Committee was requested to determine whether the driver remained a fit and proper person to hold a private hire driver’s licence.
Mr W was in attendance at the meeting, with their representative.
A Licensing Officer presented a report and responded to questions from members of the Committee.
Mr W was invited to present his case and he responded to questions from the members of the Committee.
Following summing up of their respective cases, both parties left the room to enable the Committee to reach its decision in private.
The options available to the Committee were:
- Take no action - Issue a warning as to the driver’s future conduct - Suspend the driver’s licence; or - Revoke the driver’s licence
In determining its response the Committee took into account all that had been presented and contained within the papers submitted to the meeting and had regard to Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy and the Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards.
RESOLVED that Mr M be issued with a warning as to his future conduct. |
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Private Hire Driver's Disciplinary Referral - Mr O Minutes: The Committee considered a report from the Head of Public Protection, Community Safety and Emergency Planning which set out the background to a disciplinary referral in relation to a Private Hire Driver
The Committee was requested to determine whether the driver remained a fit and proper person to hold a private hire driver’s licence.
Mr O was in attendance at the meeting, with his representative.
A Licensing Officer presented a report and responded to questions from members of the Committee.
Mr O was invited to present his case and he responded to questions from the members of the Committee.
Following summing up of their respective cases, both parties left the room to enable the Committee to reach its decision in private.
The options available to the Committee were:
- Take no action - Issue a warning as to the driver’s future conduct - Suspend the driver’s licence; or - Revoke the driver’s licence
In determining its response the Committee took into account all that had been presented and contained within the papers submitted to the meeting and had regard to Section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy and the Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards.
RESOLVED that Mr O’s Private Hire Driver’s Licence be suspended for a period of four weeks.
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Private Hire Driver's Licence Appeal - Mr L Minutes: Consideration of this item was deferred at the request of the driver. |