charles007 wrote:
What they do is to park on the main street why staff from the club walk up and down the street, asking if any one would like a free transport to the club.
it just dont seem right
The vehicle is being used for reward; the club to which the passengers are being transported to is gaining the reward (of spending customers).
You say the PH mini-bus is licenced for 8 passingers & so it should be. Is the driver also licensed as a PH driver? If the club own the vehicle, under whose Operator Licence is the vehicle being used? Does the club have a PH Operator Licence?
If the club has a PH Operator Licence, then are the hirings being recorded as per the LA's Conditions of PH Operator Licence?
The club staff are clearly touting for reward (the club's reward of spending customers).
If the PH is picking up passengers off the street, without pre-booking, then it is acting as a Hackney Carriage, for which it is not licensed & most probably the driver is also not licensed for.
With regard to operating a vehicle for reward, a previous post on TDO highlighted a rural pub owner doing almost the same as this club & being prosecuted for operating a vehicle for reward by driving customers to & from his pub without the vehicle or driver being licensed.
the club does not own the vehicle, its contracted from a local p/hire firm and the driver is a licenced p/hre driver, the min bus is licenced for 8 or under.
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