Issue - meetings

RECOMMENDED:     That the new hackney carriage and private hire procedures and conditions document be approved.

Reason for Decision

Procedures and conditions ensure that public safety is maintained and are necessary in addition to legislation as new guidance and standards are issued.

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Councillor Moriarty presented a report which set out changes to the hackney carriage and private hire licensing procedures and conditions which had been identified since the publication of new Department for Transport Best Practice Guidance issued in November 2023, and through the monitoring of the current document.  Consultation had been undertaken with the trade on the amended procedures and conditions which were proposed.

RECOMMENDED:    That the new hackney carriage and private hire procedures and conditions document be approved.

Reason for Decision

Procedures and conditions ensure that public safety is maintained and are necessary in addition to legislation as new guidance and standards are issued.