HACKNEY CARRIAGE VEHICLES1. All Hackney Carriage vehicles will be white in colour
2. New Hackney Carriage Licences will preferably be issued for wheelchair accessible vehicles.
3. All new Hackney Carriage Vehicles must be less than five years old from date of first registration on initial application.
4. From 1 April 2022 all Hackney Carriages must be fitted with at least a Euro 6 compliant engine for vehicles fitted with diesel engines and Euro 4 compliant engines for vehicles fitted with petrol engines. Applicants will be required to prove that the engine is suitable. Any vehicle with an engine older than the required euro emissions standard will not be licensed at the time of renewal.
5. The following
UPPER age limits apply:
No vehicle licence will be renewed on any vehicle that is of seven years of age or more or ten years old for purpose built vehicles.
6. All new or replacement vehicles to have M1 whole type approval except in exceptional circumstances. Those vehicles without M1 whole type approval will be considered individually.
7. Licence applications for vehicles in “exceptional condition”
which are outside of the Council’s policy, for example by age and type of vehicle, will be subject to additional checks relevant to the type of vehicle. Applicants must provide an independent automobile engineer’s report for vehicles outside of the Council’s age restrictions to indicate that the vehicle is in immaculate condition.
PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES
1. Private Hire Vehicles must not be white in colour
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3. All new Private Hire Vehicles must be less than five years old from date of first registration on initial application on initial application. New PHV licences will preferably be issued for wheelchair accessible vehicles.
4. The following
UPPER age limits apply:
No vehicle licence will be renewed on any vehicle that is of seven years of age or more
5. From 1st April, 2022 all private hire vehicles must be fitted with at least a Euro 6 compliant engine for vehicles fitted with diesel engines and Euro 4 compliant engines for vehicles fitted with petrol engines. Applicants will be required to prove that the engine is suitable. Any engine with an engine older than the required euro emissions standard will not be licensed at the time of renewal.
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7. All new or replacement vehicles to have M1 whole type approval except in exceptional circumstances. Those vehicles without M1 whole type approval will be considered individually.
8. Licence applications for vehicles in exceptional condition which are outside of the Council’s policy,
for example by age and type of vehicle, will be subject to additional checks relevant to the type of vehicle. Applicants must provide a council approved independent automobile engineer’s report for vehicles outside of the Council’s age restrictions. This report is in addition to the Council’s mechanical inspection to indicate that the vehicle is in immaculate / exceptional condition. An additional fee will be charged for vehicles outside of the Council’s policies to cover additional administration (See Schedule of Fees).
NOTE THEY INCLUDE EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION TESTS IN HACKNEY AND PRIVATE HIRE SECTION.Council’s mechanical inspection. An additional fee will be charged for vehicles outside of the Council’s policies to cover additional administration (See Schedule of
Fees).