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You need a vehicle licence if you are going to carry passengers for hire or reward. The vehicle used for this purpose must fit the criteria for the type of work. If the vehicle does not fit the criteria, it can't be used.

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Grandad,

All they have to do is change their PH vehicle licensing conditions, could be done in two months.

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IDFIMH

They have to be one to do any picking up, be that off the road or the radio.

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IDFIMH

Unless they are left hand drive in Leicester. They will tell you if you ask them that left hand drive vehicles don't need a licence.

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Grandad,

Shouldn't that be "left hand drive vehicles can't get a licence"?

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No, They say that left hand drive vehicles don't need a licence. This goes back to my stretched limo days. There were complaints about unlicenced limos working in the city. I rang the council to ask why they were not licenced and was told that they didn't need to be because they were left hand drive. I followed this up with what I considered to be a stupid question. And said "so if I bring in a fleet of left hand drive cars and use them for hire and reward in Leicester, I don't need to licence them?" and the answer was no, they don't need a licence.

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Grandad,

Plonkers

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But they don't need a PH licence because they're not PH, and they don't need a HC licence because they aren't HC either !

What offence would they commit if they did go out on the streets and start working ? The only one would be not having a licence, but as only PH and HC need licences, of which these are neither then does it not follow that they don't need a licence ? You can't be un-licensed if no licence exists to get !

But a license does exist, it's just that these vehicles don't meet the criteria.

If we followed your logic then anything not meeting the licensing requirements would not need a license.

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IDFIMH

Surely they couldnt go out to work because they wouldnt be insured for taxi/ph work.

Precisely, they are not PH or HC so don't need a PH/HC licence.

They dont. A nightclub doesn't need a taxi licence because it's not a PH/HC vehicle, a taxi doesn't need a drinks licence because it's not a pub. These vehicles may be not required to have a licence because there isn't a category you can issue one under.

Not argueing just debating

Does a vehicle have to be licenced as a PH/HC before it can be insured for hire and reward, in fact do they need hire and reward if it's only available for PH/HC vehicles ? If it can't be licenced (because it's not a PH/HC vehicle) then do they need any more than a standard policy ?

So if I get a fleet of Reliant Robins, I won't need a licence, I can just hire anyone to drive them?

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I'm well aware your not arguing.

What the laws state is that only a licensed taxi/PH can do licensed taxi/PH work.

Anything other than a taxi/PH doing taxi/PH work is acting outside of the law.

The mere fact that a vehicle doesn't meet local licensing criteria is irrelevant, it still can't do taxi/PH work.

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IDFIMH

So in other words as there is no licence category for them, they can work without hindrance if they wish until a court says either way