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I think I would ask your LO how he intends to deal with the problem of your road tax ... considering this is also social and domestic.... and how you will be able to tax your vehicle without the appropriate insurance.....


we used to have Hackney Road tax which was approximately half the rate we pay now, but the Government recognised that our vehicles were being used for social and domestic and changed the rate, going from your home to where you start your work... is classed as social and domestic.... and then when you finish.... the journey home is the same.....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Mr Skippy 41, didn't you know that only licensing officers are used as extras in the Mrs Brown's Boys comedy sketches?

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Kind regards,

Brummie Cabbie.

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Disagree with other members' views;
But please, do have some decorum,
When debating on the TDO Forum.

Actually, I think that would be considered "commuting"

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It may well be ... but let their legal department spend a great deal of time proving it wrong... good solicitor's don't work for councils.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

I think your LO needs a couple of 100 FoI requests to help him stop acting the tit.

A taxi is always a taxi, and a PH is always a PH, but we ain't always working. Instead of asking drivers etc, why don't they just ask the insurance companies.

Thankfully the LC are proposing binning this silly rule.

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IDFIMH

I have made one or two of those but not a couple of hundred.

Do a search under whatdotheyknow.com for Cannock Chase.

I certainly get the impression that they have too much time on their hands...

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Steve.

In a nutshell then ;

(1) A licensed PH/HC vehicle can only be driven by licensed drivers (or a garage carrying out repairs, and other authorised persons)
(2) The vehicle is only insured whilst working or available for hire (not sure about the commuting/driving to and from work bit), and being driven by a licensed driver,

unless -

(3) The vehicle is also insured with SDP cover,

In which case -

(4) The vehicle must still be driven by a licensed driver regardless of whether or not an unlicensed driver has insurance to drive said vehicle, with the exceptions mentioned in (1).

There used to be a private hire company in Liverpool that always used to have extra licensed vehicles out on the weekend, when they were stopped they were found to be driven by unlicensed drivers ... they're always had the same excuse.... they were the mechanic or car cleaner taking their mates home..... it doesn't happen any more

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

There was obviously a public interest element in Yates v Gates 1970 in preventing just the above from occurring. I think that Cannock Chase licensing people have difficulty in understanding the concept of acting in the public interest, hence their interpretation that not even their own licensed drivers should be permitted to drive a licensed vehicle for anything other than hire and reward purposes.

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Steve.

It's one rule that should be kept, not binned. It's a charter for illegal Plying.

I'm sure your other half would not dream of working your motor - but up and down the land it happens, and, I suggest you know it happens.

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

I agree. The Law Commission are proposing to make it work by simply reversing the burden of proof but I can't really see how they could do that.

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Steve.

cannock chase also has a draconian age exemption once a hack is 6 years old, i know one that failed cos his car boot liner was scuffed...

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

what happens if we are on holiday and im taken ill or involved in a fall down the steps to the beach and cant drive home, i have no breakdown cover, and the wife isnt badged

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

what happens if you're on holiday abroad and the airline company goes bust..... you just have to deal with it

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Simple, your wife gets the bus back to your hotel and continues to enjoy her holiday whilst you are left at the bottom of the steps with a broken leg.

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Grandad,