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Smoked Glass
PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:41 pm 
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Can anyone help to clarify the law regarding the alocation of telephone bookings, if the booking agent does not own or operate any of there own vehicles?
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Yes and no

for PHV's I'd say yes....for HC's no.

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What kind of answer is that :?

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What I am saying is that a company may advertise to provide a service and then alocate the work to a licensed operator with vehicles. He will take a small commission.
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Smoked Glass wrote:
Can anyone help to clarify the law regarding the alocation of telephone bookings, if the booking agent does not own or operate any of there own vehicles?

Taxi, PH, licensed, agents?????

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none of the above
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Does the Company in question require there own operators License.
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What I am saying is that a company may advertise to provide a service and then alocate the work to a licened operator with vehicles. He will take a small comission.

Again we come up to the taxi, PH????

Taxi ok.

PH not ok if the person doing the advertising hasn't got an ops license in the area he his operating/advertising from. Also not ok if he has yet gives/passes work to PH not licensed in his licensing district.

Basically the likes of Limo Broker are not working within the constraints of the 1976 act if they pass work to cars not licensed in the area in which they take the job.

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Isn't this the same kind of thing as Cabfind etc :?

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Does the Company in question require there own operators License.

Yes, as they are clearly acting in line with the definition of a PH operator as described in the 1976 act.

"operate" means in the course of business to make provision for the invitation or acceptance of bookings for a private hire vehicle;

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Isn't this the same kind of thing as Cabfind etc :?

If they take the bookings yes, but I think they automatically redirect any booking to a local firm.

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Sussex wrote:
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Does the Company in question require there own operators License.

Yes, as they are clearly acting in line with the definition of a PH operator as described in the 1976 act.

"operate" means in the course of business to make provision for the invitation or acceptance of bookings for a private hire vehicle;
Would that not mean from the word operate implies that you are operating vehicles, when it is clear that you do not own any.
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Does the Company in question require there own operators License.

Yes, as they are clearly acting in line with the definition of a PH operator as described in the 1976 act.

"operate" means in the course of business to make provision for the invitation or acceptance of bookings for a private hire vehicle;
Would that not mean from the word operate implies that you are operating vehicles, when it is clear that you do not own any.


No it doesn't. The company I work for do not own any vehicles at all they just operate. All the drivers own their own vehicles or rent from somebody outside the company

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The company in question also has no drivers as well.
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Smoked Glass wrote:
The company in question also has no drivers as well.

Providing they have the required license, and they only give work to vehicles and drivers sharing the same licensing area, then they are ok.

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