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One year operator licence?

is that odd?

The deregulation act says that it should be 5 years.

The deregulation act says that it should be 5 years.

10 Taxis and private hire vehicles: duration of licences

(1)The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 53 (drivers’ licences for hackney carriages and private hire vehicles)—

(a)in subsection (1)(a), for “for such lesser period as the district council may specify in such licence” substitute “for such lesser period, specified in the licence, as the district council think appropriate in the circumstances of the case”;

(b)in subsection (1)(b), for “for such lesser period as they may specify in such licence” substitute “for such lesser period, specified in the licence, as the district council think appropriate in the circumstances of the case”.

(3)In section 55 (licensing of operators of private hire vehicles), for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2)Every licence granted under this section shall remain in force for five years or for such lesser period, specified in the licence, as the district council think appropriate in the circumstances of the case.”

ACTUALLY, there is a cop-out clause...


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Surely someone in licensing has access to a calculator and can multiply the one year cost by five...

That was not what Government intended. If you read the transcripts from the debates on the deregulation bill as it was then it is made clear that one of the reasons for making the 5 year operators license and the 3 year drivers licens mandatory was to reduce the workload on the Councils and reduce the cost for the driver and operator.

That was not what Government intended. If you read the transcripts from the debates on the deregulation bill as it was then it is made clear that one of the reasons for making the 5 year operators license and the 3 year drivers licens mandatory was to reduce the workload on the Councils and reduce the cost for the driver and operator.