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"Him and his lot" maybe the key thing the HC trade need.

CC

can i come to

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C. Oakes


The Hackney Association Ltd
bbha@btinternet.com

I'm looking forward to meeting the Captain & Mr T, Not wearing a white shirt this year!

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Mick Hildreth (07814 032002)
GMB PDB P39 Southern Region Branch Secretary
mick.hildreth@gmbtaxis.org.uk
www.gmbpdb.org.uk

Perhaps you can also invite Mr Jeckle, and maybe even one of his Adur cars can take you there.

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IDFIMH

Don't know him

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Mick Hildreth (07814 032002)
GMB PDB P39 Southern Region Branch Secretary
mick.hildreth@gmbtaxis.org.uk
www.gmbpdb.org.uk

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IDFIMH

You should be easy to recognise..... you'll be the one in the raincoat I presume..

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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!

I wonder what the big announcement will be tomorrow at the NTA Conference.

Statutory Best Practise Guidance?

Ending of the cross border mess?

Who knows?

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IDFIMH

This is his written statement to parliament, which should mirror what he told the NTA.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/speechessta ... esstotaxis

Alex

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Simply the best taxi forum in the whole wide world. www.taxi-driver.co.uk

The statement that has been released today, 29th October 2009, is just as interesting.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/speechessta ... edhirecars

This is one for you Mr Skippy41, when you have to have a WAV & then 'jump ship' to PH.

Statement by:Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP, Minister of State for Transport.
Date delivered:29 October 2009.
Statement type:Written.

The Minister of State for Transport (Mr Sadiq Khan): The Secretary of State for Transport has today laid Regulations under the Local Transport Act 2008 which will allow the owners of private hire vehicles (PHVs) to use their vehicles to provide local bus services.

The Regulations will come into force on 27 November 2009.

Section 53 of the 2008 Act allows the holder of a PHV licence to acquire a special public service vehicle (PSV) licence from the Traffic Commissioner and to register a local bus service using a licensed PHV.

It is likely that this new opportunity will be of particular benefit to those in rural areas where it might not be cost-effective for bus operators to run services using larger buses.

The Regulations apply in England (outside London), Wales and Scotland. Transport for London are responsible for making any regulations governing PHV-buses in London.

The ability to run bus services has been available to the owners of licensed taxis since 1986.

A summary of the responses received to the consultation exercise on the draft Regulations, which was launched on 17 December 2008, has been placed in the Libraries of the House.

If this catches on in rural areas, Hackneys ain't got a hope of surviving there.

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Brummie Cabbie.

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If it's going to be cost effective to run a PHV as a local / rural bus service, then I wonder if bus operators will license PHVs to run on these routes?

Or is the licensed trade being set-up again?

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Will they also need a PSV drivers licence? with the need for the CPC training that goes along with it?

Don't they already?

Beds County Council run a route near where I live, it goes from Arlsey Railway Stn to Stotfold GPO. (Just for you Grandad)

Its run by a PH firm from Bedford using a small Transit type vehicle as a 'Bus' route, but funded by Beds CC.

From what the Minister has said, it would appear not.

But I could be wrong.

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Now that you're back from Conference Captain, how did things go, were there any surprises or surprise announcements & is the next conference nearer to Brum?

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