Out of area vehicle spot checks.

Sussex · **Posted:** Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:56 pm

Steven Toy wrote:

If you undertook a booking for a journey in a neighbouring district and you gave your passenger reason to make a complaint about your conduct, to which council should they address their conplaint?

I think there is a difference between your analogy and the one in question.

The council could order the driver/vehicle to attend their offices to check the vehicle or question the driver on his activities, but those checks/questions can't, IMO, be made outside of the licensing district.

captain cab · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:11 am

Sussex wrote:

I think there is a difference between your analogy and the one in question.

The council could order the driver/vehicle to attend their offices to check the vehicle or question the driver on his activities, but those checks/questions can't, IMO, be made outside of the licensing district.

yep, I agree, the act appears to forbid it :wink:

lancsdriver · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:24 pm **Posts:** 67

Anybody following this thread can they look here viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20311&p=261106#p261106 and see the last question I asked.

tHANKS

Steven Toy · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:19 am

Section 50 (2) of the 1976 Act covers it.

Copy/paste not working right now but if a HC/PH vehicle is registered to an address outside of the district in which it is licensed it can be inspected there.

captain cab · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:50 pm

Steven Toy wrote:

Section 50 (2) of the 1976 Act covers it.

Copy/paste not working right now but if a HC/PH vehicle is registered to an address outside of the district in which it is licensed it can be inspected there.

50 Provisions as to proprietors

(2)The proprietor of any hackney carriage or private hire vehicle—

(a)licensed by a district council under the Act of 1847 or under this Part of this Act; or

(b)in respect of which an application for a licence has been made to a district council under the Act of 1847 or under this Part of this Act;
shall, within such period as the district council may by notice reasonably require, state in writing the address of every place where such hackney carriage or private hire vehicle is kept when not in use, and shall if the district council so require afford to them such facilities as may be reasonably necessary to enable them to cause such hackney carriage or private hire vehicle to be inspected and tested there.

Steven Toy · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:15 pm

Thank you.

You will agree that the registered address at which a HC or PH vehicle was kept when not in use could be outside of the boundaries of the district in which it was licensed.

Sussex · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:47 pm

Steven Toy wrote:

You will agree that the registered address at which a HC or PH vehicle was kept when not in use could be outside of the boundaries of the district in which it was licensed.

Still a zillion miles away from road side spot checks.

wannabeeahack · **Posted:** Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:06 pm

Sussex wrote:

Steven Toy wrote:

You will agree that the registered address at which a HC or PH vehicle was kept when not in use could be outside of the boundaries of the district in which it was licensed.

Still a zillion miles away from road side spot checks.

Any vehicle can be pulled for a roadside check by police and/or VOSA, its LICENSING checks that are doubtful, each LA makes up its own R&R's so how could it work?

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