toots wrote:
I like your optimism, but, previously hasn't licensing regulation and laws come in piecemeal.
Who knows, but I think the reason I'm optimistic is I don't think the world will end via the cross border provisions in the Dereg Bill.
Down here elements of the trade are indeed in panic mode, but I think they are getting confused with the proposals from the Law Commission.
The Dereg Bill/Act states;
55ASub-contracting by operators
(1)A person licensed under section 55 who has in a controlled district accepted a booking for a private hire vehicle may arrange for another person to provide a vehicle to carry out the booking if—
(a)the other person is licensed under section 55 in respect of the same controlled district and the sub-contracted booking is accepted in that district;
(b)the other person is licensed under section 55 in respect of another controlled district and the sub-contracted booking is accepted in that district;
(c)the other person is a London PHV operator and the sub-contracted booking is accepted at an operating centre in London; or
(d)the other person accepts the sub-contracted booking in Scotland.Highlighted and underlined is basically the new bit, that clause isn't going to be used by large call centers dishing out work direct to non local drivers.
Tell that to Uber, they're already doing it, Stockport,Salford,Bolton and even Leeds taking fares in the City of Manchester