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skippy41
PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:43 am 
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Can I use my own car as a Private Hire or Hackney Carriage Vehicle?
You can use a vehicle that has been approved as suitable for the purpose of being licensed as a Private Hire or Hackney Carriage Vehicle. In addition, Hackney Carriage Vehicles must also be wheelchair compliant i.e. the vehicle must be able to safely secure a wheelchair and its occupant.

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The Council currently restricts licensed Hackney Carriage Vehicles to 187. The only way, therefore, to obtain a licensed Hackney Carriage Vehicle would be to buy one off an existing owner and transfer the licence into your name.
You would then have to make application to become a licensed driver (if not already completed).


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I must be having another of my blonde moments cos I don't understand what the question is :?

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The council are telling prospective plate owners to buy a plate and transfer it into their name. A practice that is supposed to be illegal.

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The council are telling prospective plate owners to buy a plate and transfer it into their name. A practice that is supposed to be illegal.


It isnt illegal :shock:

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I must be having another of my blonde moments cos I don't understand what the question is :?


Worry ye not.

Not a blonde moment.

Skippy asks incoherent questions.

And test drives non-existent taxi's.

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The plates are supposed to belong to the council, and are not to be traded in the manner they are stating.
They should be handed back to the council for re issue, as they still restrict numbers, the plate could actually be given to the next applicant on there list, without the next applicant having to pay an arm and a leg for the privilege
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skippy41 wrote:
The plates are supposed to belong to the council, and are not to be traded in the manner they are stating.
They should be handed back to the council for re issue, as they still restrict numbers, the plate could actually be given to the next applicant on there list, without the next applicant having to pay an arm and a leg for the privilege


Your confusing what might be scottish law with english.....again.

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captain cab wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
The plates are supposed to belong to the council, and are not to be traded in the manner they are stating.
They should be handed back to the council for re issue, as they still restrict numbers, the plate could actually be given to the next applicant on there list, without the next applicant having to pay an arm and a leg for the privilege


Your confusing what might be scottish law with english.....again.

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What extortion is still legal down there :shock: as thats what it amounts too, as anyone wanting to put a cab on has to buy a plate at an extortionate rate from an owner, that they could have got from the council for free :cry:
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What extortion is still legal down there :shock: as thats what it amounts too, as anyone wanting to put a cab on has to buy a plate at an extortionate rate from an owner, that they could have got from the council for free :cry:


Hows it extortion....you don't want one... don't buy one.

It ain't illegal either....as JD and Sussex will tell you (because you don't believe me).....its perfectly legal to transfer a license from one owner to the next....indeed case law clearly states a council who refuses to transfer is acting illegally. (Weymouth vs, Teletax).

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What extortion is still legal down there :shock: as thats what it amounts too, as anyone wanting to put a cab on has to buy a plate at an extortionate rate from an owner, that they could have got from the council for free :cry:


Hows it extortion....you don't want one... don't buy one.

It ain't illegal either....as JD and Sussex will tell you (because you don't believe me).....its perfectly legal to transfer a license from one owner to the next....indeed case law clearly states a council who refuses to transfer is acting illegally. (Weymouth vs, Teletax).

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Was there shekels involved in the transfer or did they just refuse to transfer the licence
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Was there shekels involved in the transfer or did they just refuse to transfer the licence


http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2376&highlight=weymouth

I dont know I wasnt born :wink:

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Yes I get the judgment in that case, as the new owner bought the cabs.
What Preston council insist on , is if a person wants to put a cab on they must buy the vehicle and plate as one, thats the extortion part.
What if the person has already bought a vehicle and only requires the plate??????
The plate belongs to the council does it not??? and should not be sold for gain
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Yes I get the judgment in that case, as the new owner bought the cabs.
What Preston council insist on , is if a person wants to put a cab on they must buy the vehicle and plate as one, thats the extortion part.
What if the person has already bought a vehicle and only requires the plate??????
The plate belongs to the council does it not??? and should not be sold for gain


The plate is part of the business and attached to a vehicle....hows buying a vehicle/business, albeit at an increased price extortion?

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Well according to this member of the taxi hierarchy councils do sell plates. ](*,)

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/3979 ... e_figures/

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Well according to this member of the taxi hierarchy councils do sell plates. ](*,)

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/3979 ... e_figures/


:lol:

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