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Private Hire and Hackney Carriage drivers will either have to: produce a new DBS (enhanced check) certificate obtained via their local licensing authority and evidence of signing up to the DBS update service; or if their private hire/Hackney carriage driver licence is not due for renewal before 16th December 2016 undertake an enhanced DBS check through the County Council and sign up to the DBS update service.
In the latter case, licensing authorities have indicated that they would accept an enhanced DBS check via the County Council with DBS update service for licensing purposes.

PSV drivers must apply for an enhanced DBS check through the County Council and sign up to the DBS update service.

Passenger assistants must continue to be enhanced DBS checked through the County Council as present, but it is additionally required that passenger assistants sign up to the DBS update service.

Proprietors / office staff with responsibility for the day to day management of staff deployed on contract transport must be identified by the contractor and then must be enhanced DBS checked through the County Council and sign up to the DBS update service. It is assumed that as an absolute minimum that proprietors and named contract managers have this responsibility but it is the contractor’s responsibility to identify the relevant staff.

In the latter case, licensing authorities have indicated that they would accept an enhanced DBS check via the County Council with DBS update service for licensing purposes.