Agenda item

Application for the Ongoing Suitability of a Hackney Carriage Driver

Minutes:

Members were advised that the Licence Holder had indicated that he would not be in attendance at the hearing today and had asked for an adjournment. Members were provided with the history surrounding the current suspension and the reasons for his adjournment. Members were asked if they wished to proceed with the appeal in the absence of the Licence Holder.

 

Members discussed the adjournment and determined that the matter should be considered in the absence of the Licence Holder.

 

The Sub-Committee considered the report of the Corporate Director of Adult and Health Services that requested Members to determine the suitability of the Licence Holder to continue to be licenced as a Hackney Carriage Driver (for copy of report, see file of minutes).

 

The Licensing Team Leader presented the report and Members and Officers were given the opportunity to ask questions.

 

A representative from Durham Constabulary was in attendance and provided Members with background information in respect of the matters detailed in the report.

 

At 2.40 p.m. the Sub-Committee retired to deliberate the application in private. After re-convening at 2.55 p.m. the Chairman delivered the Sub-Committee’s decision.

 

Resolved: That the Licence Holder’s Hackney Carriage Driver Licence be revoked with immediate effect.