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I used to work as PH in another borough but this'll be my first time as a HC driver.
So, prob a silly question but can a HC be pre booked without an operators licence?

Yes.

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IDFIMH

cheers do I have to keep a record of bookings?

No, but I would advise that you do for your own records.

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Grandad,

Legally no.

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IDFIMH

I've paid scant attention to anything to do with cross border / pre booked / ph records / where you should be before accepting pre booked work etc, as none of it has ever applied to me.

However . . .

Recently I seem to be getting a lot of enquires when I'm out and about locally on my estate (it's nearing completion with 5000 homes) and in Hitchin about business cards / Luton Airport etc.

Now I don't want to start doing too much of this type of work as I can't work every day because of other commitments, but how do I stand legally for accepting these types of jobs on a pre booked basis?

Also a friend of mine who is a East Herts cabbie, gets a fair amount of work on some 'bid for the job' type website he uses (name escapes me) and has offered me rides, usually at silly money, to some of the London Airports as 6 seaters are frequently asked for. I haven't done any yet as they are usually at yawn o clock, but if a Heathrow came in for £50 in the afternoon, it would be a result to get me into Heathrow for the start of my shift.

Answers welcome.

If the work come over the phone, by letter, via email, through a website etc., all is OK for you to take legally, UNLESS your London laws and byelaws distinctly say different to the rest of the country.

Obviously if someone approaches you outside your house for an immediate booking, that's a 'No' No' and I'm sure you know that.

I no longer live in my licensing authority area and to be safe, I have in the past refused a pre-booking when approached in person by one of my neighbours outside my house. I would probably have been OK, because it's was a pre-booking, but I'd rather not risk it, with having been booked on a street outside my licensed area.

But then again our part of the road, which is at the end of a 24-house road/drive is not council owned but private, so that's another 'can of worms' as to whether it's a 'street' as per the TPC 1847.

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Kind regards,

Brummie Cabbie.

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Your existing licenses allow you to do that type of work.

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IDFIMH

Ta for the replies.

I've erected a Taxi Rank sign outside of my front door and painted a yellow box on the private road.