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What if it was the England Scotland border and you Moved to or lived in say Berwick on the English side but most of your work traditionally came from 1 mile up the road over Scottish side of the border where you had Contracts and Customers....could you Licence under the Scottish Borders council whilst you actually lived in Northumberland?

Im sure their must be many an owner operator that Lives elsewhere from where they operate. This gets a bit blurred as your licence for a Taxi or PH in Scotland also acts as your Operators licence for a couple of vehicles which i think requires a seperate licence on the english side.


I believe that you can live where you like but if you have an operators license in one area then you must answer the calls in that area and the cars and drivers must also be licensed in that area.


how would i block calls from outside my LA, especially when my STD code covers parts of about 6 LAs....


It is not where the call is made, it is where it is answered. A PH operator can accept bookings from anywhere but it is supposed to be answered in the office, within the district.


i think weve done this to death before, but ive got a divert to my mobile.....
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grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
What if it was the England Scotland border and you Moved to or lived in say Berwick on the English side but most of your work traditionally came from 1 mile up the road over Scottish side of the border where you had Contracts and Customers....could you Licence under the Scottish Borders council whilst you actually lived in Northumberland?

Im sure their must be many an owner operator that Lives elsewhere from where they operate. This gets a bit blurred as your licence for a Taxi or PH in Scotland also acts as your Operators licence for a couple of vehicles which i think requires a seperate licence on the english side.


I believe that you can live where you like but if you have an operators license in one area then you must answer the calls in that area and the cars and drivers must also be licensed in that area.


how would i block calls from outside my LA, especially when my STD code covers parts of about 6 LAs....


It is not where the call is made, it is where it is answered. A PH operator can accept bookings from anywhere but it is supposed to be answered in the office, within the district.


But I dont need an office.....my PH drivers licence includes the operating part within it without the need of a seperate Licenced office...is that a Scots thing?
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bloodnock wrote:
grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
What if it was the England Scotland border and you Moved to or lived in say Berwick on the English side but most of your work traditionally came from 1 mile up the road over Scottish side of the border where you had Contracts and Customers....could you Licence under the Scottish Borders council whilst you actually lived in Northumberland?

Im sure their must be many an owner operator that Lives elsewhere from where they operate. This gets a bit blurred as your licence for a Taxi or PH in Scotland also acts as your Operators licence for a couple of vehicles which i think requires a seperate licence on the english side.


I believe that you can live where you like but if you have an operators license in one area then you must answer the calls in that area and the cars and drivers must also be licensed in that area.


how would i block calls from outside my LA, especially when my STD code covers parts of about 6 LAs....


It is not where the call is made, it is where it is answered. A PH operator can accept bookings from anywhere but it is supposed to be answered in the office, within the district.


But I dont need an office.....my PH drivers licence includes the operating part within it without the need of a seperate Licenced office...is that a Scots thing?

Yes :D
You don't need a booking office licence unless you take bookings for 4 or more licensed vehicles (taxi or PH)

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gusmac wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
What if it was the England Scotland border and you Moved to or lived in say Berwick on the English side but most of your work traditionally came from 1 mile up the road over Scottish side of the border where you had Contracts and Customers....could you Licence under the Scottish Borders council whilst you actually lived in Northumberland?

Im sure their must be many an owner operator that Lives elsewhere from where they operate. This gets a bit blurred as your licence for a Taxi or PH in Scotland also acts as your Operators licence for a couple of vehicles which i think requires a seperate licence on the english side.


I believe that you can live where you like but if you have an operators license in one area then you must answer the calls in that area and the cars and drivers must also be licensed in that area.


how would i block calls from outside my LA, especially when my STD code covers parts of about 6 LAs....


It is not where the call is made, it is where it is answered. A PH operator can accept bookings from anywhere but it is supposed to be answered in the office, within the district.


But I dont need an office.....my PH drivers licence includes the operating part within it without the need of a seperate Licenced office...is that a Scots thing?

Yes :D
You don't need a booking office licence unless you take bookings for 4 or more licensed vehicles (taxi or PH)
What a bit of quality common sense, our brothers in Scotty land are indeed blessed! I am a wee bit jealous.
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