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does every local authority who deal with PH have different amount of miles they can work from base? or is there any specific legislation uk wide? I ask as at the PH compnay i work for we have a plated car from somewhere 80 miles away . Only recently plated also

Unless the operator of your circuit has a office in the other district where the car is licensed and is subcontracting work to that other district under the deregulation act in all probability that vehicle and driver is breaking the law.
Would assist to give an opinion in cases as this, if the licensing districts were named.

We've got one plated in Southampton round here. We are 200 miles away from Southampton.

is this car plated as a hack or PH?

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Grandad,

by hook and by crook it might not matter

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Of course it matters. As you well know a hack can legally work on a PH circuit anywhere but a PH can only work for a company in another area if there is an operators license in the area the car comes from.

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Grandad,

very true, and local authorities are not inept and always check these things

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I thought now that a PH (area a) could take jobs off a base in another area if the jobs went through a base, or more likely, if a car owner with a PH ops licence in area A got work off a base in area B, with all details duly recorded

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No Wannabeahack, you got the Dereg Act all wrong.

Now an Operator an area A can subcontract to an Operator in area B. The Operator in area B then sends a PH also plated by LA in area B which is driven by a Driver also licensed in area B.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

best joke I've heard all day

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none around here as i am aware, the last p/h i worked for picked up in London/Aberdeen, if they are coming back to your area, what's the problem ? daft question tbh

Very few councils have 'go back to base when free' policies for PH.

TBH if a council was challenged on that policy in court, they would lose.

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IDFIMH

Did you answer a different question?

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no idea