captain cab wrote:
or to an operator in a different district, as long as the sub-contracted booking is accepted by the operator in the district in which they are licensed.
And that bit is the bit folks down here haven't read.
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| Author: | captain cab [ Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Advice from Cheltenham Council re dereg act |
Changes to Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Law On 1st October 2015, Sections 10 and 11 of the Deregulation Act 2015 will come into force. These changes will affect the private hire and taxi trade in the following ways. Drivers Section 10 of the Act relates to the duration of licences. In the case of a private hire or hackney carriage driver licence, a standard duration of 3 years has now been established nationally. Until now drivers in Cheltenham have been given the option of applying for 1 year or 3 year licences, but the change in law means that from 1st October the option of an annual licence will no longer be available as a matter of course. Operators From the same date, all private hire operator licences will be issued with durations of 5 years whereas they have previously been issued for 1 year. An implication of this is that the fee payable for operator licences will also have to be adjusted to take into account 5 years’ worth of compliance, enforcement and other associated costs. The Council has written to all licensed operators about this and fees are currently being recalculated. Section 11 of the Act affects the way operators can sub-contract bookings. From 1st October a licensed operator who has accepted a booking for a private hire vehicle will be able to sub-contract that booking to an operator in the same district, or to an operator in a different district, as long as the sub-contracted booking is accepted by the operator in the district in which they are licensed. They may also sub-contract the booking to an operator in London or a person located in Scotland. We are still awaiting the publication of Government guidance on these changes and we will notify licence holders if and when we receive further information. Vehicles The licensing of private hire and hackney carriage vehicles is not affected by these changes. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Advice from Cheltenham Council re dereg act |
captain cab wrote: or to an operator in a different district, as long as the sub-contracted booking is accepted by the operator in the district in which they are licensed. And that bit is the bit folks down here haven't read.
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| Author: | Chris the Fish [ Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Advice from Cheltenham Council re dereg act |
But the bit they missed is that the intending Passenger must be informed before the arrival of the PH, which is I believe, the most important bit. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Advice from Cheltenham Council re dereg act |
Chris the Fish wrote: But the bit they missed is that the intending Passenger must be informed before the arrival of the PH, which is I believe, the most important bit. Not sure that's in the act, but it should have been IMO. |
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| Author: | Chris the Fish [ Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Advice from Cheltenham Council re dereg act |
Sussex wrote: Not sure that's in the act, but it should have been IMO. My mistake, didn't make it to the final draft.  As Plymouth got missed, does it mean Operators here can't sub work out of area, and, more importantly, accept a booking from an outside Operator? Plymouth Operators are not Licenced under section 55 of the Mis Prov 1976. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Advice from Cheltenham Council re dereg act |
Chris the Fish wrote: As Plymouth got missed, does it mean Operators here can't sub work out of area, and, more importantly, accept a booking from an outside Operator? Plymouth Operators are not Licenced under section 55 of the Mis Prov 1976. No, Plymouth ops can pass on to anyone outside of Plymouth. In respect of the other way around, maybe not, other than London and Scotland. Which is why this mess needs sorting. |
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