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Item LA 14/72 referred from Licensing and Appeals Committee minutes of 16 September 2014

Item LA 14/72 referred from Licensing and Appeals Committee minutes of 16 September 2014

RESOLVED:  That the recommendations at Minute LA 14/72 be adopted.

The report of the Director of Central Services and Monitoring Officer set out details of a proposal to adopt a new single consolidated set of model Byelaws for Hackney Carriages, produced by the Department for Transport (DfT), to regulate the conduct of Hackney Carriage Drivers.  He explained that any regulation of hackney carriage drivers must be secured through byelaws and that the latest set would bring the existing byelaws into line with changes in legislation and practice. 

RECOMMENDED:  That

(1)             the Council passes a resolution to adopt the model byelaws, as set out at Annex 1 to the report, for the regulation of Hackney Carriages in accordance with section 68 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and section 171 of the Public Health Act 1875;

(2)             the Director of Central Services be authorised to take all necessary steps to apply to the Department for Transport for confirmation; and

(3)             the model byelaws shall come into effect from the date on which the byelaws referred to above are confirmed by the Department for Transport and the current byelaws revoked.
*Referred to Council