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Under current legislation, who can pass work to who?
Which of these statements are true?
1. A private hire operator can pass work to another private hire operator within the same borough.
2. A private hire operator can pass work to a hackney carriage driver within the same borough.
3. A private hire operator can pass work to a hackney driver from another borough.
4. A hackney carriage driver can pass work to another hackney carriage driver within the same borough.
5. A hackney carriage driver can pass work to another hackney carriage driver from another borough.
6. A hackney carriage driver can pass work to a private hire operator within the same borough.
7. A hackney carriage driver can pass work to a private hire operator from another borough.

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Grandad,

All of them.

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IDFIMH

That is what I thought. So the only illegal way to pass work to a op from another area is from another private hire op.

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Grandad,

And why would that be illegal?

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Common sense........is just not that Common.

Because that is one of the clauses in the deregulation bill going through the Lords at the moment. As it stands a private hire operator can't pass work to another Private hire operator from another district.

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Grandad,

I'm a tad confused..

If you're a private hire operator, why would it matter if you were given a job from a customer or another private hire operator, and why would you need to know?

I could be sent a text/call/e-mail, saying:

Hello. My name is XXX. Are you able to collect XXX from XXX, taking to XXX?

How would I to know if it was a customer or another PH operator.

Apologies, if this sounds very basic, but most of the work I do for other PH firms is from the same Local Authority anyway, whether the job is booked under my operator's licence, or my details are already held on their licence.

Yeap.

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IDFIMH

You wouldn't, but you are not doing the passing on.

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IDFIMH

Is it any more or any less "dangerous" for a Hack to pass work to an out of area Hack or Private Hire operator than it would be for a Private Hire operator to pass work to another out of area Private Hire operator and why? Or for that matter, a Private Hire operator to pass work to a Hack from another area?

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Grandad,

Exactly.

It is as crazy as a crazy thing that a licensed private hire operator can't pass work to another licensed private hire operator, yet a convicted killer/rapist/etc can open up a firm and pass work to the hackney trade.

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IDFIMH

but the passenger would (should) at least be safe in the car, even jack the ripper could answer a phone safely surely? (if he had one), what does the past of a base op matter?

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Surely Jack the Ripper would have used a Hackeney Carriageor a sedan chair?

The point is a base op doesnt need a DBS check...

I know one PH firm where the owner cannot have a badge but rents out 130 radios at £120 a week....

He doesnt WANT to drive

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most