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hi does anyone know what the relevant laws are regarding a taxi parking on a stand whilst away from the car ??

I mean....I left my taxi/hackney carriage on the 'taxi stand' whilst in our 3 mth meeting with the licensing department and myself, and two other taxi/hackney carriage drivers returned to our vehicles to find we had all got parking tickets. We had parked on the STAND not the RANK. The stand is for hackneys not for hire.
So my question is...where can i find the relevant legislation regarding the difference between ranks and stands as we want to appeal the parking tickets but need the proof

Hope thats clearer

cant upload the pic but wording is "stand for 11 taxis" not for hire please use taxi bay outside the train station

can't find the bylaws online anywhere ...but the guy from licensing will actually give a statement to say where we were ...its just bloody infuriating they refuse to ticket private cars on the rank but come and play silly buggers with us grrr

Author:	jogra4 [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:42 pm ]
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hi does anyone know what the relevant laws are regarding a taxi parking on a stand whilst away from the car ??

Author:	lancsdriver [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:02 pm ]
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What?

Author:	grandad [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:40 pm ]
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I think he means a driver leaving his hackney unattended whilst on a rank.

Author:	captain cab [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:40 pm ]
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jogra4 wrote: hi does anyone know what the relevant laws are regarding a taxi parking on a stand whilst away from the car ?? what does the traffic order say and what do your byelaws say?

Author:	blackpool [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:07 pm ]
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Unless your going for a [edited by admin] or to the bookies dont do it !!

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Author:	jogra4 [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:50 pm ]
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I mean....I left my taxi/hackney carriage on the 'taxi stand' whilst in our 3 mth meeting with the licensing department and myself, and two other taxi/hackney carriage drivers returned to our vehicles to find we had all got parking tickets. We had parked on the STAND not the RANK. The stand is for hackneys not for hire. So my question is...where can i find the relevant legislation regarding the difference between ranks and stands as we want to appeal the parking tickets but need the proof Hope thats clearer

Author:	captain cab [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:09 pm ]
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jogra4 wrote: I mean....I left my taxi/hackney carriage on the 'taxi stand' whilst in our 3 mth meeting with the licensing department and myself, and two other taxi/hackney carriage drivers returned to our vehicles to find we had all got parking tickets. We had parked on the STAND not the RANK. The stand is for hackneys not for hire. So my question is...where can i find the relevant legislation regarding the difference between ranks and stands as we want to appeal the parking tickets but need the proof Hope thats clearer I wasn't aware there was a difference - ranks are described as stands in the 1976 act - section 63 and 64 section 68 of the 1847 act allows a local authority to set byelaws - this uses the term stands "For fixing the stands of such hackney carriages, and the distance to which they may be compelled to take passengers, not exceeding the prescribed distance" I don't believe there is such a thing as a stand for taxis that are unavailable for hire.

Author:	jogra4 [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:02 pm ]
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ill try to put a photo of the stand sign on here for you

Author:	jogra4 [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:08 pm ]
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cant upload the pic but wording is "stand for 11 taxis" not for hire please use taxi bay outside the train station

Author:	captain cab [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:12 pm ]
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jogra4 wrote: cant upload the pic but wording is "stand for 11 taxis" not for hire please use taxi bay outside the train station what do your byelaws say about it?

Author:	roythebus [ Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:44 pm ]
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Was this on Network Rail property or the public highway? If Network Rail the tickets are PPC tickets and can be safely ignored, see the Pepipoo forum for details. If the public highway, check out the Traffic Regulation Order for that road. You can usually download that from the LA website.

Author:	jogra4 [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:23 pm ]
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can't find the bylaws online anywhere ...but the guy from licensing will actually give a statement to say where we were ...its just bloody infuriating they refuse to ticket private cars on the rank but come and play silly buggers with us grrr

Author:	Sussex [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:34 pm ]
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jogra4 wrote: can't find the bylaws online anywhere ...but the guy from licensing will actually give a statement to say where we were ...its just bloody infuriating they refuse to ticket private cars on the rank but come and play silly buggers with us grrr Send a FoI for the bye-laws.

Author:	roythebus [ Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:31 pm ]
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Have you tried getting a copy of the Traffic Order for the road?

Author:	sasha [ Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:19 pm ]
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You can search for TRO's here; http://www.trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.u ... mentID=139 Although not every TRO has been submitted to the site. Try searching Google for 'traffic regulation order' + the name of your borough/town/county and see if anything comes up.

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