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This bit of the act seems to say that licences for Hackney Carriage vehicles, Private hire vehicles and operators licences all have to be advertised.
(2) The fees chargeable under this section shall not exceed —
(a) for the grant of a vehicle licence in respect of a hackney carriage,
twenty-five pounds;
(b) for the grant of a vehicle licence in respect of a private hire vehicle,
twenty-five pounds; and
(c) for the grant of an operator's licence, twenty-five pounds per annum;
or, in any such case, such other sums as a district council may, subject
to the following provisions of this section, from time to time
determine.
(3)
(a) If a district council determine that the maximum fees specified in
subsection (2) of this section should be varied they shall publish in at
least one local newspaper circulating in the district a notice setting out
the variation proposed, drawing attention to the provisions of
paragraph (b) of this subsection and specifying the period, which shall
not be less than twenty-eight days from the date of the first publication
of the notice, within which and the manner in which objections to the
variation can be made.
(b) A copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection
shall for the period of twenty-eight days from the date of the first
publication thereof be deposited at the offices of the council which
published the notice and shall at all reasonable hours be open to public
inspection without payment.

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Grandad,

hacks make more so can afford more

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

So they tell me.

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IDFIMH

How can a hack badge be dearer than a p/hire one?

Looking like a job for CC and his crew, some councils are overcharging for drivers licences , allegedly a 3 year one should cost the same as a 1 year one

I would be asking that question if I was on the losing side.

The council have come up with a formula that assessed how much time officers spent with a particular license application, and for some reason it would appear PH drivers require less enforcement (yes I know they can't enforcement etc etc) and admin time.

But the crux of the matter is when the hackney trade have the idiots from the GMB fighting their corner, and the PH trade have their own fighting their corner. Then the GMB numpties lose every time.

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IDFIMH