gusmac wrote:
As stated above, this is the opinion of the council solicitors and it is what I will work to. My personal opinion (and I'm not saying I'm right) is that I'm not convinced that this is a correct interpretation. My reading of the legislation is that if the hire is pre-booked then part of the journey does not need to take place in the drivers own licensed area. As someone stated earlier, it may take a driver being charged with this and challenging the case in Court before we're all satisfied with the definitive legal position.
A licensed taxi and a PH can pick up where they want, and drop off where they want, when they want and how they want (with the proviso that taxis pick up off the streets in their area, and PH don't).
What I would ask the Aberdeen City solicitor is what he would do in this scenario.
A driver licensed in area A gets a radio job from area B coming back to area A. Now that ticks the Aberdeen City solicitor box, and everything is fine and dandy.
However on the way back from area B, the customer tells the driver from area A that he has changed his mind and wants to be taken to area C.
Does the driver boot the customer out?
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In short the Aberdeen City solicitor hasn't got a f***ing clue. One wonders if he has a brother working in Edinburgh.
Guss send him an email with a link to this post and we will attempt to educate him, or point him in the right direction
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