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read the act

It would be be very interesting to know what The Rossendale licensing department are doing with all the income from all the fees there collecting either there running a hell of a surplus or they have some world class bookery cookery going on.

A private hire operator is only licensed to take bookings for private hire vehicles.

And the law allows any person to take and issue work to hackneys, including murderers and rapists.

Which law is that?

I would imagine it is the fact that you don't need a Council license to own or accept work for a Hackney carriage that swings it. You only need a Council license and be fit and proper to drive one. That is my understanding of the law and that is the understanding of our Council.

Clearly a HC driver and HC proprietor can accept work through byelaws or the 1847 act - but I'm unsure anyone else can.

The understanding of your council is always open to speculation

A private hire operator license only allows a person to accept bookings for a private hire vehicle.

A Taxi(hackney carriage) cannot be anything else whilst licensed,does a private hire operator inform a person when booking a private hire vehicle that a TAXI will be the vehicle fulfilling their booking licensed under a totally different ACT of Parliament working under different rules,I am virtually certain they do not.

Which law is that?

The law that says unless there is a law that says you can't, you can.

I honestly think theres a case for only HC props and HC drivers only being permitted to accept bookings for HC's - a person accepting bookings who isn't licensing must be guilty of an offence, as they are not considered under the act, or byelaws

If a person made a booking through a private hire operator and they sent a TAXI to fulfil the contract at the appointed time but the driver was late in picking the passenger up,consequently the passenger due to this missed his connection who will be held responsible,the operator or the TAXI driver?

Both

When a booking is accepted by a private hire operator it becomes a contract in law to provide a private hire vehicle to fulfil the booking with the possibility of having to compensate the passenger if late(end of story).
If a TAXI takes a booking and does not fulfil the booking as stated by passenger(arriving late) he can be prosecuted and have to compensate the passenger,which is totally different rules to a private hire operator.

Ok £5

A professional TAXI (hackney carriage) proprietor/driver does service the ranks and streets in their locality also is able to take bookings for their TAXI(hackney carriage) within the confines of the Police and Town Clauses Act 1847.