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dundee is implementing m1 taxis only, for everyone in may.thank goodness time for the greedy pensioners to retire,no more hire plates yeeeeeees

If this is true, they are likely to find a legal challenge regarding the Sneddon v Renfrewshire case.

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dundee is drafting a water tight policy good enough for edinburgh,glasgow good enough for dundee,sneddon case will be irrellevant.let's see who really wants to do the job.move over the dodgy illegal boys the trade is being cleaned up,i hope it happens in aberdeen as well very unfair trade up theyre as well

We here is some news for you every car on the road in the Uk is M1 spec, if they where not they would not be here

Then there's the Snedon case, and the fact that Aberdeen must pay the full court costs for the john Wilson case so your council could be in the Sheit once again

purpose built hackneys you know what i meant

As a saloon driver I can't really say I'm in favour of 100% WAVs, but I suppose a level playing field has its merits, so well done to Dundee council

Perhaps just confirms that other than the sheriff in that case and those running a WAV who would prefer to run a saloon, no one else agrees with the result of the Sneddon case?

Its in black and white in the 1982 act and its been there all along but nobody realised it until the sheriff pointed it out, your council cannot impose an illegal condition, Oh BTW there is also the best practice guidance that states under vehicles you can run anything you like within reason as long as it passes the council test

If it's in black and white then I wish you would explain it to me skippy, and to all the other councils, lawyers, government etc who seemed to think otherwise.

And if you read the best practice guidance you would realise that it clearly envisages that councils can specify accessible taxis.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/publications ... 18120453/0

it also states that there should be a mixture of saloons as well or many types of vehicle

22. The legislation gives local authorities a wide range of discretion over the types of vehicle that they can license as taxis or PHCs. Some authorities have adopted criteria as to vehicle specification that in practice can only be met by purpose-built vehicles but the majority license a range of vehicles.

23. Some local licensing authorities adopt the principle of specifying as many different types of vehicle as possible. Such policy could provide greater flexibility in allowing new vehicle types to be considered.

with the strict constraint on supply that that implies. (There are at present only two designs of purpose-built taxi.) But of course the purpose-built vehicles are amongst those which a local authority could be expected to license. Similarly, it may be too restrictive to rule out considering Multi-Purpose Vehicles, or to license them for fewer passengers than their seating capacity (provided of course that the capacity of the vehicle is not more than eight passengers).

All that's saying is that councils should be wary of specifying the tight turning circle and should allow the Euro taxis etc. It doesn't even mention accessability, which has a section all of its own

Where does it say that?

I can't even see the word saloon

Read things through before posting it saves on arguments

including - - people who need to travel in a wheelchair).

basically what they are saying is all disabled regardless of if they are in a wheelchair must have access to a taxi that can be stoped on the street so saloons must be licenced as they may not be able to get into a WAV as the DDA stated 78% of the disabled population cannot