Agenda item

The Council considered a report of the Corporate Director of Adult and Health Services regarding proposals, recommended by the General Licensing and Registration Committee, for the revision of the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy in connection with the existing requirement for new applicants to pass the DVSA hackney carriage and private hire (taxi) driver assessment (for copy see file of Minutes).

In moving the report Councillor Carr informed the Council that the revision of the policy had been recommended by the General Licensing and Registration Committee at its meeting held on 12 January 2017.  Newly licensed drivers that were authorised during the suspension of the existing requirement would need to pass the alternative assessment by 25 April 2017.

In seconding the report Councillor Stephens, Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhoods and Local Partnerships thanked Officers and the General Licensing and Registration Committee for the work which had been undertaken in a short period of time.

Resolved:

That the report be approved.