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CRB checks keep Guernsey taxi drivers off the roads


Delays in a new system for checking the backgrounds of Guernsey's taxi drivers have left six of them off the roads since New Year's Eve.

Geoffrey Savident, president of the Taxi Owners Federation, said a delay with Criminal Records Bureau checks in the UK had left drivers out of work.

He said issuing temporary licences in the meantime had been ruled out.

Mr Savident said: "It's frustrating where you've got drivers who want to work but just can't."

The checks can take up to 80 days to process and Mr Savident said drivers were only informed of the new requirement for applying for a licence at the start of November.

Public Service Licences, needed to operate any vehicle that carries members of the public, are issued in four-year or one-year blocks and expire at the end of calendar years.

He said the affected drivers had missed out on one of the most lucrative nights of the year and were still unable to work.

Mr Savident said: "The buck is passed all the time... it's the Guernseyman sold up the river we're all coming under UK legislation."

Taxi operators are licensed by the Environment Department and must abide by the conditions of their road service licence.

No-one from the Environment Department has yet been available to comment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe- ... y-16409080

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Blame the paper trail from the Council offices to Liverpool then Liverpool to your local Police HQ then your local Police HQ back to Liverpool then Liverpool back to your local Council offices.

In essence it's just a glorified PNC check on fancy green paper.

This council must be using snail mail ... as a trade rep in Sefton, at our last liaison meeting with the council we were informed that the CRB check can now be completed online.... and if everything is clear... returned within 48 hours......

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

as a trade rep in Sefton

It is when you agree with me that I get worried

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Trevor, do us all a favour and away and have a wan*

I will be doing a lot better than that soon....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Too much information

Yes, once you get to a certain age sleep becomes preferable to sex or self-abuse

It often depends on wether this is the first crb or just a renewal renewals are quick because all they have to do is check the last 3 years for anything new first apps can take months !

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

It's not down to if it's the first or their 5th one, all checks come off the National PNC computer, it's the paper trial they create which causes the problem.

The Guernsey drivers ought to contact their local Police HQ and speak to the CRB officer, (every Police HQ has one) and tell them to get a spurt on. They'll find out their CRB form is sat in a filing tray waiting to be processed.

I've found here that 2 drivers can put their forms in on the same day one will get his crb back in about 7 to 10 days the other waits ages

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I can only assume that you're talking from experience...... fine... when I get old.. we may continue this conversation....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

The new system...... the council fills in your details on the Web... cannot be sent if not correct..... then sends to the CRB.. who than contact via the Web ........ your completed CRB check is returned via the Web.... Two days

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Seen as ours are done on a yearly basis I guess they'll worm out of that one.