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hi following on from my earlier questions on a hackney being able to work private hire anywhere in the country we have decided we are moving from the cotswolds to bishop auckland can anyone categorically state that i can use my taxi as a private hire vehicle in bishop auckland my hackney license doesnt run out until september 12 so i intend to use it until then when i will then put in for a durham council hackney plate is this definitely legal and above board as i dont want to upset anyone because then i may be refused a license for durham

Your bookings would need to be made in the area that you are licensed in so unless you have a booking office in the cotswolds you will have a problem.

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Grandad,

I can categorically state you can use your hackney to work for a private hire company in that area.you will have to try and find a company to take you though.

why wouldnt a private hire firm take me on what have they got to lose

I assumed that he wanted to work on his own account.
Working for a PH company is OK. The main reason that a PH company may not want you would be that they don't have the work.

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Grandad,

my experiences with private hire companies are that they dont care whether the drivers have enough work they are subs hungry

Because you are not licensed in that area the firms other drivers might not be best pleased.

As has been mentioned, you are fully legal, but it might be hard to work with punctured tyres.

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IDFIMH

Durham is derestricted.....but they have a colour policy and probably an age policy.

The way the out of town plates are going up there, I would advise you to keep your nose clean.

CC

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what do you mean the way the out of town plates are going up

He means a lot of people are already doing what you are going to do?

lol MCF is about right.

You could work legit at a very small price....why make enemies in your brave new world?

Sufficed to say you wouldnt be too popular....and in a new job in a new area I dont think that's advisable?

CC

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Wouldn't he be able to do pre-booked work on his own account anywhere with a HC licence?

And what about the Cotswold council and the Berwick case?

Will the Cotswold Council have the balls to do the same as Shropshire Council are doing at present with the stream of applications coming from drivers in Birmingham?

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after listening to arguments of pros and cons i have sent for the durham application pack from the council and i am going to get my durham plates sooner rather than later durham council only do a normal crb check i have had an enhanced one done 14 months ago but they say i have to do another one same with the dsa driving thing i passed 14 months ago but durham say i have to do another one is this correct