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I think it would be very hard for a council to prosecute under the above circumstances.

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IDFIMH

Is the PH at the side of the road a PH operator?

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George Carlin

I'm assuming he is, or he passes it on to the office with his number on.

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IDFIMH

It wasnt clear in no tips description, so I'll presume he's a driver, the job hasnt gone through a PH operator and the driver was illegally plying

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George Carlin

Thanks for the Town Police Clauses section. I'm aware of the CJs167 part. Is there a link to the TPC Act? google doesn't seem to find it online!

All the PH drivers here are operators in their own right. It is a rural area with no radio circuits or firms with more than 2 cars. We run 2 cars and the mrs takes all the bookings whilst out on the road driving (phone hand-s free of course). We do not take bookings at the roadside as we live close to the town centre and return home between jobs. At least we have a phone record of all bookings taken.

Go in a lot of cab offices on a busy Saturday night , punter walks in and is put in the next PH that returns to the office alot of the time NO details are taken by the office just punters put in cars as quick as possible. Where is the booking taken there?

Then they are probably breaking their conditions of operators license?

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George Carlin

Here's the web page link to the whole Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994;

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/contents

Scroll down and click on Section 167 - Taxi touts; 167. Touting for hire car services.

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Brummie Cabbie.

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Paragraph 2 of above Section makes it clear that simply parking up with your sign illuminated is NOT touting.



I regularly ply for hire in places of public resort that are not designated ranks within the district. It is no different to driving around taking a flag-down.

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Steve.

Of course it's not.

Taxi touting has to be pro-active to be a criminal offence. Passive action cannot be.

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Brummie Cabbie.

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Passive action is illegally plying for hire which is what certain PH cars in my area are doing. With 2 or 3 of them sitting in a line, it looks like a taxi rank...punters approach them, they take the booking off the street and awaaaaaaaaaay.

at that point its illegal.

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George Carlin

There is a new law being introduced where PH vehicles are able to act and do the same job as HC in the next licencing reviews as some say whats the point in having two types of taxi when they do the same job?

View the private hire magazine and the private hire association website for more info.

The current laws are under review by the Law Commission there are no decisions made and the chances of a single tier are quite slim imo

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You are wrong.

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IDFIMH